Caught In the Crossfire: The Business Impact of Cyberwar & High Tech Espionage

  • 25 March 2015
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Ken Westin
Mar 24, 2015
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Particularly, over the past few years, we have also seen nation-states increasingly using black hat tools and techniques to increase their cyberwar arsenal in parallel to their cyber defenses. The greatest cyberthreat to business is not just criminal hackers armed with a laptop and exploits but also nation-states and intelligence agencies around the world, seeking the upper hand through cyberwar and espionage tactics.
Today, companies deal with new cyberthreats, including:
  • Nation-state sponsored hacking groups targeting corporations for intellectual property and customer data
  • Criminal syndicates operating with impunity within foreign borders targeting retailers, financial services, healthcare and other industries
  • Governments requesting backdoors into encryption and data centers putting customer privacy and businesses reputation at risk
 
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