Know your cyber security blindspots

March 29 2016
 
State-sponsored cyber-attacks are tough to stop. Paul Nicholson, director of product marketing, A10 Networks, explores how organisations can remain vigilant.
 
The threat of a major cyber attack targeting British infrastructure is looming. GCHQ recently reported that UK cyber attacks doubled in the last year. The big technology players are on the alert, with the likes of Twitter releasing cautionary statements to users as accounts are being targeted as entry points for obtaining sensitive information.

State-sponsored cyber-attacks strike with shocking frequency. The motives, methods, and results of such attacks vary, but the implications are clear: every organisation that stores sensitive information has a proverbial bullseye on its back.

Fortifying defences should be the urgent priority of governments and organisations alike. Well-funded and extremely efficient, with seemingly unlimited resources and talent at their disposal, state-sponsored cyber-criminals would appear to be an unbeatable foe.
 
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