The recent surge in remote instruction and working from home has brought new threats to computers. In fact, a chaotic event like the COVID-19 pandemic can create a perfect storm for bad actors to attack vulnerable devices.
To understand more about the threats viruses pose to our computers and learn how we can protect ourselves and our devices, Pittwire turned to three experts in the University community: Joel Garmon, chief information security officer; Trent Wissner, security operations team leader with Pitt Information Technology; and Prashant Krishnamurthy, professor and chair of the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems in the School of Computing and Information.