March 2020 seems like a lifetime ago, but unbelievably it has only been six months. Thinking back to the beginning of the year and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the development of “new normals”, it all seems to have started with the small things.
We watched as companies around the world established new supply chains for the basic everyday essentials to our homes. Next came more complex, and often stress-laden challenges, at both the large corporate scale as well as at home in individual family units.
And no matter to whom I have spoken during the last seven months, everyone has their own “COVID-19” navigational story. Whilst some have been positive, unfortunately many that I have personally heard have been tragic, as undoubtedly, we all have by now. During these conversations I have found one constant: each of these stories contains an intrinsic motivational message, because as humans we tend to find a way to adapt when faced with incredible challenges.
From a security perspective, I believe our global community will emerge from this pandemic stronger and more united having gained new opportunities over our shared adversaries. This is because in a lot of ways, our “new normal” has always been “the normal” way of working for threat actors since the beginning of hacking.
At Secureworks we have our eyes on the threat actors around the world and one thing we know is threat actors do not work in offices. They do not waste hours commuting, and they do not sacrifice hours, days, even weeks travelling through airports, train stations and sleeping in hotels for business purposes. They live at work and are always on, focused and attacking. They spend energy as efficiently as possible because, like the old saying goes, tim ..
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