May 20, 2021
Cyber actors evolve their methodologies to leverage the status quo in their favor, exploiting new developments to find additional points of entry. As workforces rapidly shifted to remote environments due to the pandemic, malicious actors pounced at the opportunity to infiltrate vulnerable home networks, less secure mobile devices that were increasingly relied on to conduct business operations, and employees not adhering to proper security practices.
In this Practising Law Institute Chronicle article, Head of Cybersecurity for the Americas Jordan Rae Kelly and her co-authors discuss cybersecurity and emerging legal standards, and how an expanded threat landscape puts vital assets at risk.