Rise Of The Digital Education And Work From Home Culture As An Impact Of Covid-19- A Critical Study On Its Challenges In Its Cyber Security
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Abayatharani. N, B.A.LL.B. (Hons), LLM, Advocate (Madras High Court), The Dr. Ambedkar Law University (School of Excellence in Law) (2023-2025 LLM Batch)
ABSTRACT
Life of Human beings has seen a drastic difference as a result of Covid-19 Pandemic. The Pandemic has had a significant impact on all walks of human life like their food habits, transportation and the government imposed a strict lockdown in order to curb the disease from spreading. At that point of time people started depending on the technology for buying groceries and also the educational institutions and corporate entities which are one of the strongest pillars of the economic growth and development came up with the idea of Digitalization wherein the concept of Digital education and work from home arose and students and employees were instructed to learn and do their work from remote environments. Many national efforts have been made and are still being made in support of Digital education and work from home culture which has become increasingly important and effective in the contemporary world. This study critically examines the effectiveness and challenges of this digital transition as there is a sudden reliance on digital tools such as video conferencing platforms, Learning Management systems and online collaboration tools with a heightened risks of cyber security concerns and the cyber crimes targeting the educational platforms and corporate entities which poses significant security risks to the educators, students and the corporate sectors due to their lack of awareness in the growth of technology. The study also analyses the surging incidents of data breaches, phishing and many other cases against schools, home networks and business systems without robust security controls. It also covers the legal frameworks globally, Government initiatives and organizational responses aimed at combating these threats along with an assessing the efficacy of the same. Finally, the study stresses the need for inclusive digital policy and cyber hygiene literacy to provide secure, equitable and resilient digital environments for a post pandemic era.
Keywords: Digital Education, Work from home, cyber security threats, Effectiveness, Covid-19, Challenges.
