CYBER SECURITY
Kaspersky
Enterprise Cybersecurity
percentage of ICS computers attacked increased in 62 % of the countries examined by researchers and across all five industries studied .
“ While ransomware attacks declined globally , in developed countries , such as the US and Western Europe , the number of attacks actually significantly increased — perhaps because , amidst the current economic downturn , criminals thought these places had businesses with the means to actually pay ,” said Evgeny Goncharov , Head of ICS CERT at Kaspersky . “ With the pandemic still ongoing , it will be important that all industries take extra precautions ; with the rest of the world in flux , it ’ s hard to predict what cybercriminals will do .”
“ As we expand services in the cloud , more network edges are created , even at the branch level . This has expanded our potential attack surface , making security an even greater concern ”
GIOVANNI VISMARA NETWORK SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR , ENGIE ITALIA
78 July 2021