The current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the way we work changing, as remote working is now the norm. This has also resulted in more cyber attacks and also deepfakes becoming more prevalent. So what are these cyber attacks and what are deep fakes? Sarah Hipkin head of technology consulting at Mazars talks about this and more.

Sarah talks to Ronan about the increase in cyber attacks on organisations since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the impacts of these attacks on organisations, and what future cyber attacks will look like. Sarah also talks about what is a deepfake, how we can spot them, and what we can do to protect ourselves against them.

More about Sarah:

Sarah Hipkin leads the Mazars in Ireland Technology Consulting practice and she has over 20 years’ experience working in cyber security, technology and data governance in the USA, Asia, Australia and Europe.

Before joining Mazars, Sarah was the Head of Cyber Governance for Woolworths Group, Australia, which has 200,000 employees. Sarah also worked for PwC Australia and was part of the CIO advisory services across many clients in various industries.

Cyber attacks and deep fakes during the pandemic with Sarah Hipkin, Mazars