Lobby Hiring TREND. Cybersecurity + COVID

The increase in lobby spending by 12 large publicly traded cybersecurity firms:

• In 2019, spending more than tripled to $3.94 million
• In 2015 these firms spent $1.21 million

What COVID cyber security issues are on their radars:

• health data like temperatures collected by businesses
• health data collected by COVID tracking
• COVID relief funding
• electric grid security issues
• teleworking
• remote schooling

Wall Street Journal | Cybersecurity Lobbying Spending Mounts as Privacy, Security Laws Take Shape