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Pandemic parallels: What can cybersecurity learn from COVID?

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Author(s)

Steven Furnell, Julie Haney, Mary Theofanos

Abstract

While the threats may appear to be vastly different, further investigation reveals that the cybersecurity community can learn much from the COVID-19 response.
Citation
Computer (IEEE Computer)
Volume
54
Issue
3
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2020.3046888
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Keywords

Cybersecurity, COVID-19, threats, usable security, human factors, messaging
Usability and human factors and Cybersecurity and privacy

Citation

Furnell, S. , Haney, J. and Theofanos, M. (2021), Pandemic parallels: What can cybersecurity learn from COVID?, Computer (IEEE Computer), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2020.3046888, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=931388 (Accessed October 24, 2025)

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Created March 15, 2021, Updated October 12, 2021
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