The COVID-19 pandemic is an immense
humanitarian crisis that has severely affected the society
and the global economy. The rapid and unexpectedly
broad disruption to businesses around the world has left
companies struggling to maintain security and business
continuity. There is an increased reliance on digital
platform for day-to-day activities due to the imposition
of lockdown, social distancing and stay-at-home orders.
The cyber criminals are taking advantage of the
pandemic situation and targeting people and businesses.
Cyber security has taken a center stage amid COVID-19
pandemic. This paper discusses the cyber security
threats the world is facing in this unprecedented crisis.
The associated technical and security challenges and
suggests suitable mitigation and prevention strategies
that include building a secure peer-to-peer virtual
private network for remote access based on an open
source software platform.