As Industry 4.0 continues to accelerate, automation and digitisation are a double-edged sword for the manufacturing industry. While technology dramatically enhances productivity and efficiency, the industry is now one of the most vulnerable and profitable sectors for cybercriminals. With a high probability of accessing invaluable data, and third-party extortion, cybercriminals wait undetected in networks, preying on vulnerabilities and weaknesses—with profitable results.
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A blueprint for keeping retail safe and secure
Ransomware is currently rated as one of the biggest threats to the IT systems of companies andorganisations, according to thePresident of the German Federal Office for Information Security.How big is the issue?The GermanIT industry association Bitkomsays thatcyberattacks including ransomware have resultedin damages of approximately 223 billionEurosin 2020/2021.
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Insider Threats – Who can you trust?
Insider threats are becoming center stage to some of the deadliest cyberattacks in recent news. Identifying insider threats is by no means an easy task, as many times, it includes zombie accounts created by users who are no longer in the organisation. The accounts exist, and when taken over, are lethal enough to carry widespread damage through their legitimate access paths. Insiders typically know what data is valuable to an organisation and where it is stored. Data breaches caused by insiders are significantly more expensive and dangerous for organisations than ones caused by an external attacker.
