The exponential growth of remote work has increased cybersecurity challenges for organizations and governments alike, as well as privacy concerns for workers and consumers. A shows that most organizations around the world were unprepared for this increase, accelerating the adoption of technologies to work securely from any location and device. study revealed by Cisco Six in ten organizations have had telecommuting during the lockdown, and 37% expect to maintain this trend. more than half of the workforce 61% have experienced an since the start of the pandemic, and almost all (96%) have had to adapt their cybersecurity policies. increase in cyber-attacks of more than 25% 85% of organizations consider cybersecurity extremely important or more important than before the pandemic, and 66% believe they will . increase investment in cybersecurity is the top challenge for remote work (62% of respondents), followed by (55%) and (50%). Secure access data privacy policy control and enforcement One in two organizations believe that - including business laptops and personal devices - is the biggest challenge. securing endpoints Workers and consumers are concerned about the privacy of teleworking tools and are skeptical when asked if companies are doing everything necessary to keep their data secure. However, they demand little change in privacy requirements, although they do demand from companies in how they use customer and employee data. Cisco's second annual Consumer Privacy Survey reveals that: greater transparency Six in ten respondents are concerned about the . privacy of remote collaboration tools Although 57% agree to share health data with the company to maintain a safe work environment, would admit to being monitored and would allow information about infected individuals to be disclosed. less than half only 37% Half (48%) feel that they , and the main reason is that they . cannot effectively protect their data today cannot find out what companies are doing with it 56% feel that should play the main role in protecting consumer data. governments It wasn’t only consumers and companies that faced new challenges, but governments too, both local and federal. The legislation was accelerated to that notary services must be executed in person. suspend the requirement Notarization services are a particularly interesting topic as notaries deal with the most sensitive data and any data breach could have dire consequences. But secure, encrypted video conference tools have resulted in no cases of security breaches and made remote notarization possible. is not yet widespread, only 29 states in the U.S. legalized it, and internationally no other country has yet adopted any legislation regarding it. But governments are notorious to be the slowest adopters of new technologies and the pandemic has paved the way for them to open a debate about personal data and data protection. Electronic notarization

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