Cyber Security Guide during Lockdown
Although South Africa’s national lockdown will be entering a less restrictive Level 3 phase next week with many more businesses being permitted to start operating more fully again from the 1st of June, employees that can work from are being advised to continue doing so until further notice. Recent research has indicated that the Covid-19 pandemic infection rate will likely peak around the end of June, which means that individuals will still be very susceptible to contracting the virus for several months thereafter. Working from home for those that can makes a lot of sense under such circumstances. During April 2020 there was an unprecedented shift in the management of cyber security protocols and infrastructure as IT admin staff needed to find the best possible solutions in the shortest amount of time for home workers. This included factoring in the reduced control that they would have over users that had less capable product and systems knowledge, which required setting up new protocols and rules to be able to manage the associated risks as effectively as possible.