| |July 20218By Ujwal Ratra, Chief Operating Officer, Astra SecurityA s cybersecurity leaders, we have to create our message of influence because security is a culture and you need the business to take place and be part of that security culture." Britney HommertzheimThe Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way in which people live their lives. This includes maintaining social distancing, wearing masks, becoming diligent of pandemic hygiene. However, this period also gave an onset to a new norm of working i.e. work from home. This brought along new challenges for businesses as supporting a workforce that's fully remote was new to many businesses. Moreover, organizations had to outline strategies to make their IT Infrastructure fully available to access from anywhere while ensuring security of the same. While on one hand the pandemic has led to a new form of work culture on the other it has created a need for businesses & individuals to be mindful about their cyber hygiene.Cyber hygiene alludes to best practices that users ought to embrace while engaging in online activities, such as web browsing, emailing, texting, connecting to the work network for working from home etc. With increased online activity, there is an increased risk and exposure to cyber threats and cyber thefts.Talking of cyber thefts, not long back, WHO faced a repugnant attack wherein the cyber criminals had set up a website imitating the WHO's internal expert opinionHOW CAN BUSINESSES TRAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES ON CYBER HYGIENEStarted career in software development and has experience in sales and partnership.
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