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We’ve been busy at AT&T Cybersecurity during the pandemic. Turns out we could help out our network customers in so many ways. Here are some examples.

The air is getting colder, leaves are falling from the trees, and people everywhere are settling in for the holiday season. Which means one thing - increased cybersecurity vulnerability. With more aspects of the winter holidays relegated to online platforms this year, people everywhere are more susceptible to cyberattacks. Luckily, there are plenty of simple steps you can take to protect yourself from digital threats and online scams.

In contrast to legacy antivirus technology, next generation antivirus (NGAV) advances threat detection on the endpoint by finding all symptoms of malicious behavior across an endpoint system rather than fixating on looking for known malware file attributes.

Breaches and cyberattacks are on the rise in the healthcare industry. The recent acceleration of digital technology and connectivity within Healthcare has led to significant patient care delivery improvements, more effective population health management, and better patient outcomes. With this increased technology and connectivity, however, comes increased exposure to cyberattacks that can impact patient care delivery, safety, and privacy.

Your business is growing at a steady rate, and you have big plans for the future. Then, your organization gets hit by a cyberattack, causing a massive data breach. Suddenly, your company’s focus is shifted to sending out letters to angry customers informing them of the incident - which is required by law in most states - and devising strategies to deal with the backlash.

Touchless solutions have risen to the forefront this year because of the latest pandemic that has reshaped the way we work and live. When social distance policies were placed in motion, borders closed, establishments paused operations, and businesses moved online operating amid lockdown. Touchless technologies had to be put in place almost everywhere to preserve human touch. It has ceased to be just an option since it is now a necessity in the new normal.

With the face of cyberthreats in a constant state of flux, it’s nearly impossible for IT and Security teams to manually secure their countless systems, applications, services, and devices, as well as respond to potential and active cyberattacks that manage to flourish despite best efforts.

With the emergence of cryptocurrencies and massive online marketplaces, keeping your financial information private is a bigger concern than ever. In addition to these new and developing areas, in-person purchasing with debit and credit cards continues to grow. From debit transactions to cryptocurrency, millions of transactions are made daily, and it is cybersecurity experts’ jobs to keep us safe.

Maintaining appropriate information security measures will remain a priority for the foreseeable future, especially with people’s lives becoming increasingly digitized. Here are six trends to expect in the year ahead.

We are certainly in unique times, with COVID driving digital transformation at an unprecedented pace, remote work appearing to be long term, and the specter of new threats looming over security professionals as they strategized how to protect a rapidly changing business and tech landscape. To use perhaps one too many cliches: it is the best of times, it is the worst of times, the times are a changin’, and a change will do you good. No really, it will.