Some of the most surprising news coming out of 2020 — a year when it seemed like there was a major breaking story every day — is the number of data breaches decreased during the first nine months of the year.
This is the exact opposite of what experts expected. The security concerns as millions of workers moved from on-site to a remote working-from-home (WFH) model were real. The rise of phishing attacks and social engineering tied to worries about COVID-19 really happened. In addition, WFH created a more lax attitude toward cybersecurity as people juggled work and family tasks and did not have someone on hand to respond to questions regarding best practices.
And yet, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported a 30% decrease in data breaches in 2020 and a 60% drop in the number of identities that have been compromised compared to 2019, all while cyberattacks have increased. Why is that?
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On the surface, it doesn’t seem to make much sense, even more so in light of all the doom and gloom from experts. So why is remote work cybersecurity working so well?
“Organizations are on high alert, looking for the signs of a cyberattack,” Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, tells CNBC. “Companies are also making sure their teams are hyper-focused on phishing and other forms of attacks and scams that can lead to a data breach.”
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