The role of information technology (IT) for adoption of preventive emerging threats, such as Covid-19

Yousef Qaisari¹ Mojtaba Mohammadi² Zeinab Davoodi³ Mohammad Javad Arshi⁴

1) Master Student of Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz Branch, Iran,
2) Human Environment and Sustainable Development Research Center, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Najafabad, Iran,
3) Human Environment and Sustainable Development Research Center, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Najafabad, Iran,
4) Human Environment and Sustainable Development Research Center, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Najafabad, Iran,

Publication : International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering, Innovation and Technology - Belgium(eitconf.com/1st)
Abstract :
COVID-19, a severe global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged as one of the most threatening transmissible diseases. With more than 380 million cases and over 5.5 million deaths globally, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to remain a major threat. A threat intelligence analyst (TIA) analyzes and detects cyber threats and malware impacting an enterprise. They investigate the level of threat posed by an attack and consequently enable organizations to take informed cybersecurity-based business decisions. These professionals are aware of the cybersecurity risks of concern for different industry verticals and help secure the critical assets that need protection. Threat intelligence analysts prioritize threats and focus on the most severe ones. In this study we are aimed to investigate the role of IT in detecting emerging threats such as Covid-19. In a world where threats are growing more complex and unpredictable every day, and where security organs continue to struggle to detect compromises before attackers have already wreaked havoc inside their systems, detection of emerging threat provides a means of preventing attackers from ever touching your security. In this way, detection of emerging threat serves as a vital complement to other security strategies that are less proactive and less well suited to detecting vulnerabilities before a serious incident has already occurred.
Keywords : Information Technology; Emerging Threats; Covid-19.