Cyber Fraud During COVID

Increased Cyber Fraud During COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic have opened the floodgates of cybercrime, as hackers are exploiting distracted workers adjusting to working from home. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, an increasing number of states are issuing orders that restrict a person’s ability to leave their home for non-essential tasks. These restrictions have shuttered offices across the country. In response, many businesses have instituted “work-from-home” policies for the foreseeable future, giving employees remote access to the computer systems so they can remain at home to comply with shelter-in-place orders. As a result, many IT departments have been stretched thin handling the logistics of moving nearly all business operations to allow for remote access.

This transition period has exposed companies to various forms of cyber-attacks which have been on the rise. Hackers have posed as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization attempting to get people to click on dangerous links for more information on the virus. In fact, recently the U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered its own cyber-attack on its computer system.

You Will Learn How To:

1. Understand the increased risks related to cybercrimes
2. Perform periodic risk assessments
3. Understand internal/external penetration tests

About the Speaker

Weiss B. Hamid is a member of the Privacy & Data Security and Litigation Practice Groups in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Hamid’s practice includes privacy and cybersecurity matters, and is a certified information privacy professional in both U.S privacy law (CIPP/US) and European privacy law (CIPP/E) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).* Mr. Hamid has experience handling consumer personal information, along with other privacy and cybersecurity matters (including the California Consumer Privacy Act and EU General Data Protection Regulation).

The training will be held via live Zoom webinar. The live stream link and additional details are provided on the online events page after registration.