One of the major implications of the pandemic has been the necessity for people to work away from the office at home or elsewhere. Many companies were not ready for this and in fact had avoided it out of fears for security and privacy. But now they have had to implement security for systems moving off premises. It includes people working at home and also people working on the move, using mobile devices, including phones and tablets.

We all know that Covid-19 isn’t going to go away until after a vaccine is developed. Medical researchers are working around the world to develop such a vaccine and other researchers are working hard to identify causes, contamination pathways, vulnerabilities of segments of the population, and a variety of other aspects of this unprecedented and catastrophic pandemic.

BBVA is one of the largest banks in the world and is based in Spain. Recently the bank conducted a study using big data technology to track the impact of Covid-19 on Spanish consumption. The study revealed a 49% decline in consumer spending.The data showed a drop of greater than 90% in non-essential consumer spending, while spending on food increased by 20% as people stocked up for the lockdown, and skyrocketed by 95% before the Easter holiday.