The Honorable Zach Whiting, Senior Fellow of Technology Policy and David Dunmoyer, Chief of Staff.

In the midst and the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many aspects of our lives—work, education, healthcare, and socialization—shifted online. With this transition, new threat vectors for cyberattacks emerged, resulting in a 600% increase in phishing attacks in March 2020, and a 30,000% increase in the number of cyber threats related to COVID-19.