COVID-19: reaffirming cyber as a 21st century geopolitical battleground

No industry, profession, or nation has been left unaffected by the COVID-19 global pandemic. With the world in lockdown, many things have simply stopped, but not cyber security. As all organisations and businesses reverted to a work from home model, cyber security immediately elevated itself as an even higher priority than before.
This author argues that although some cyber-criminal activities have shifted emphasis to exploit the pandemic, the bulk of the evidence suggests that the same geopolitical objectives are being pursued at the international level. COVID-19, for all the change that it both is and will continue to bring, has served to reaffirm the centrality of cyberspace as a twenty first century geopolitical battleground.

Ninguna industria, profesión o nación se ha visto afectada por la pandemia global de COVID-19. Con el mundo encerrado, muchas cosas simplemente se han detenido, pero no la seguridad cibernética. A medida que todas las organizaciones y empresas volvieron a un modelo de trabajo desde casa, la seguridad cibernética se elevó de inmediato como una prioridad aún mayor que antes.
Este autor sostiene que, aunque algunas actividades delictivas cibernéticas han cambiado el énfasis para explotar la pandemia, la mayor parte de la evidencia sugiere que se persiguen los mismos objetivos geopolíticos a nivel internacional. COVID-19, a pesar de todo el cambio que es y seguirá trayendo, ha servido para reafirmar la centralidad del ciberespacio como campo de batalla geopolítico del siglo XXI.