For years major businesses have contended with hackers attempting to break into their networks and steal their data. In the recent past, that threat mostly emanated from China. Now, a new threat has emerged that companies must address: a savvy, resource-rich, risk-taking gang of hackers with ties to Russia. If the Chinese were the drunk burglars of cyberspace (to quote former FBI director James Comey), these Russians are stone-cold sober thugs.
What the Rise of Russian Hackers Means for Your Business
Make yourself a harder target.
May 12, 2017
Summary.
For years, major businesses have contended with hackers attempting to break into their networks and steal their data. In the recent past, that threat mostly emanated from China. Now, a new threat has emerged that companies must address: a savvy, resource-rich and risk-taking gang of hackers with ties to Russia. How does the Russian cyber threat affect your business and what can you do about it? The first step to any defensive approach is to determine which assets must be defended. Hold your cybersecurity team accountable for ensuring compliance with fundamental standards for information security. But while compliance remains crucial, it is entirely insufficient to address a threat landscape that rapidly evolves. You can’t build perfect walls and there is no silver-bullet in cybersecurity, so don’t let your CIO or CISO tell you otherwise. You’ll need a diversity of approaches, and those approaches will have to evolve over time.