City of Seattle CISO Michael Hamilton worried about worst-case scenarios. “The top impact is always the loss of lifethat’s the worst thing that can happen,” he says. Hamilton hopes the city avoids laying off network administrators or anyone else with high-level systems provisions. “It’s a little terrifying” to think about, he says. The U.S. economy is suffering one of its broadest downturns since World War II, and widespread layoffs have created the likelihood of significant security breaches.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2123916/security-s-role-in-handling-layoffs.html