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Cybersecurity professionals are being repurposed during COVID-19 pandemic
2020-04-28 16:03

47% of respondents have been temporarily moved to assist with IT-related tasks during remote work,2 survey finds.

Eighty-one percent of cybersecurity professionals said their job function has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time, 23% reported cyberattacks at their organizations have increased since transitioning to remote work, according to a new survey by².

The2 COVID-19 Cybersecurity Pulse Survey conducted earlier this month also found that 90% of respondents are now themselves working remotely full time.

15% of respondents indicated that their information security teams do not have the resources they need to support a remote workforce, while another 34% said they do, but only for the time being.

"The goal of the survey was to take the pulse of the cybersecurity community as many of their organizations began to shift their employee bases and operations to remote work setups in March and April," said Wesley Simpson, COO of2, in a statement.


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