The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on business entity cyber security

Abstract

Cybercriminals during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic have redefined both their targets and the form of their cyberattacks. The increased dependence of people around the world on the Internet is driving increasingly bold hacking attacks. Business unit managers are forced to implement better and better security of data resources, which should be organized and at the same time characterized by confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The purpose of the article was to identify and analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cyber security of the business entity. In realizing the purpose of the article, the starting point was a theoretical introduction to cybersecurity. Then, based on the Cybercrime: Covid-19 Impact report developed by Interpol, it was indicated that the coronavirus pandemic has a very high impact on the cyber threat panorama. To analyse the actual market situation, the effects of the cyber-attack on CD PROJEKT Capital Group were analysed.