EVERYONE HAS BECOME PRIME PREY FOR CYBERATTACKS

A few days ago, I read an article by Chekib Gharbi, Director General of CITC (France), published in French in Global Security Mag, on the fact that everyone has become prime prey for cyberattacks*.

He draws our attention to the fact that the next 12 months will be high risk:

“Impacted in nearly 40% of cyberattacks in recent months, SMEs - organizations with fewer than 250 employees - have become prime targets for cyberattackers. Because they do not imagine themselves to be potential victims, believing, wrongly, that the cyber threat is more the business of large groups and others. However, recent reports have shown their fragility, due to lack of adequate information systems.

And these next 12 months will still be at high risk, with major sporting events looming: the Rugby World Cup, the 2024 Olympics. It is crucial for the economic health of companies, whatever their size and activity, but also for the geopolitical stability of countries, to anticipate and know how to react.

Any data is now good to take

Until recently, the targets of cyberattackers were studied: hospitals were targeted because they are structures that do not have the time to negotiate because a computer system at half-mast is harming the health of patients. Major events as well: 4 billion attacks were recorded during the Tokyo Olympics, or 815 reprisals per second. And the stakes are enormous: the disruption of a metro system can damage the reputation of a megacity, the blocking of a ticket office can be a pretext to disrupt the economic activity of a State...

While large organizations have invested to protect themselves at the same time as they were attacked, hackers are now attacking more fragile prey: town halls, small businesses, associations, etc. Structures that are not equipped , and which are not devoid of interest because they require less vigilance from the point of view of hackers, and make it possible to multiply attacks, and thus easily collect data in large numbers.

A need to better “arm” the citizen

 Cyber risk is not just a technical matter. It is not enough to generate lines of code to create impenetrable virtual barriers. Like the COVID-19 vaccine, it was necessary to adopt barrier gestures to protect yourself sustainably from the virus, both in your private and professional sphere. Protecting yourself against the cyber threat is similar: it is necessary to raise public awareness of the danger and learn the right actions…

It is also important to emphasize that cyber risk concerns everyone, not just the IT department.

In view of the state of threats which have a negative impact on the economy and in sectors of daily life, it is urgent to build a real national security project: more investments, more training and more applications to successfully meet the challenges that await us.

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*(VSEs & SMEs have become prime prey for cyberattackers) https://www.globalsecuritymag.fr/Les-TPE-PME-sont-devenues-des-proies-de-premier-choix-pour-les-cyberattaquants.html

 

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