Emerging Risks: The Big Question: Maturity vs hype. Are companies buying the right cybersecurity for where they really are?
Nick Walker, Regional Director for EMEA at NetSPI, writing in Emerging Risks, examines whether the race to adopt ever more advanced cybersecurity tools is leaving some organisations exposed rather than protected. Read the preview below or view it online.
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The need for cybersecurity is never far from the media headlines and the boardroom agenda.
Late last month the UK, Australia and the United States announced they had hit back at illicit Russian networks enabling cyber-attacks round the world.
Media Land, a Russian cyber crime group, has been described as one of the most significant operators of so-called “bulletproof” hosting services, which provides online infrastructure that enables cyber criminals to engage in illegal activity, including ransomware and phishing attacks.
Cyber criminals hiding behind Media Land’s services have been responsible for ransomware attacks against the UK which pose what has been described as “a pernicious and indiscriminate threat” with economic and societal cost, as well as malware and phishing campaigns.
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