To build the annual list of the World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune and Korn Ferry poll nearly 4,000 corporate executives, directors, and analysts who rate the best-regarded enterprises in their own industry on criteria including investment value, quality of management and products, social responsibility, and the ability to attract talent. 

With a COVID-19 vaccine rolling out, but the pandemic still impacting nearly all aspects of work and life, Booz Allen CFO Lloyd W. Howell Jr. recently spoke with students in Princeton University’s Business Today program about ways life may now forever change – or not – for their careers going forward.

“From the previously unimaginable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to a long overdue reckoning with racial injustice, 2020 was an unprecedented year. Yet, many businesses across the nation stepped up and continued to prioritize and champion LGBTQ equality.”

-Alphonso David, President, Human Rights Campaign

As the world adjusts to the new realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber threats continue to grow in both impact and frequency. The increased adoption of digital technologies has expanded attack surfaces; simultaneously ransomware operators are refining their business models to generate maximum returns.