Digital Security Challenges Faced by Business Organizations

Abstract

Over the decades, the forms of cyber-attacks have evolved from disruption level, cybercriminal, followed by cyber espionage and lastly threatening level. Digital security has played a significant role in protecting enterprises from any form of cyber-attacks, especially in today's era of digitalization. Aligning with the global effort in emerging the concept of Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) in organizations, where sensitive data and confidential information can be accessed at a fingertip of an employee. This paper discusses the difficulties of implementing digital security solutions in an enterprise in terms of external potential cyber threats, internal cyber security roadblocks within the organization and how Covid-19 pandemic imposed challenges towards cyber security in the organizations.