Food banks have been a common site around the country as a result of the economic difficulties caused by the pandemic. Today’s columnist, Johanna Baum of S3 Consulting, says as we face continued economic uncertainty and a work-from-home culture, managing identities as people move from place- to-place on multiple devices has become the first line of defense. DelawareNationalGuard CreativeCommons PublicDomainMark1.0

The latest explosion of ransomware, technical vulnerability exploits, and other cybersecurity-related attacks makes it impossible to ignore the exponentially rising risk in our technology environment.

We have long established that threat actors are well-funded, highly skilled, and operate with a multitude of motives. But the latest news has significantly tipped the scales. Between nation-state funded attacks, financially motivated criminals, those seeking to inflict damage for a social cause, or simply to cause business disruption, there’s no shortage of threats. 

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