{"id":288307,"date":"2021-06-30T16:50:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/with-cyberattacks-growing-more-frequent-and-disruptive-a-unified-approach-is-essential\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:50:01","slug":"with-cyberattacks-growing-more-frequent-and-disruptive-a-unified-approach-is-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/with-cyberattacks-growing-more-frequent-and-disruptive-a-unified-approach-is-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"#With cyberattacks growing more frequent and disruptive, a unified approach is essential"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#With cyberattacks growing more frequent and disruptive, a unified app<\/a>roach is essential<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\"With
\n Cyberwarfare will require new defensive measures by government and corporations. Credit: Shutterstock
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cyberwarfare consists of co-ordinated attacks of mass disruption (AMD)<\/a>. In the June summit between U.S. and Russian presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, cyberwarfare was a topic of discussion. While the Biden-Putin summit appears to be “quite constructive<\/a>,” cyberwarfare remains perplexing to politicians.<\/p>\n

Attacks of mass disruption are similar to the latest ransomware attacks on SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline\u2014imagine several co-ordinated similar attacks. For the time being, organizations should prepare for increasing disruptions and data losses caused by ransomware.<\/p>\n

Attacks of mass disruption may not cause massive casualties, but nations could lose their ability to function and respond to adversaries, economies can be crippled and governments may be undermined. The 2015 cyberattack on Ukraine<\/a> presented a scenario of grounding a nation using a well co-ordinated cyberattack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lessons are clear<\/a>\u2014the impact of cyberattacks is too serious to ignore and pre-planned contingencies may be the only thing that works to address them.<\/p>\n

Cyberattack losses<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2020, IBM estimated US$1.5 billion losses in known observed cyberattacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the past two decades, two factors have contributed to the possibility of cyberwarfare. First is the increased reliance<\/a> on digital infrastructure and systems. Second is the continuous increase in damages inflicted by criminal or state-based cyberattacks. <\/p>\n

These provide sufficient justification for experts to sound the alarm<\/a> on cybersecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other factors increase the risks even more. The complexity of the modern economy and its supply chains create an environment of highly impactful disruptions. Attacks of mass disruption on seemingly irrelevant but well-selected entities\u2014like infrastructure companies\u2014could trigger a domino effect that causes disruptions and economic losses far beyond the scale of the target.
\n <\/p>\n

Russia used U.S. cyberinfrastructure to influence the 2016 election<\/a>. In May 2021, there were attacks on software developer SolarWinds Inc.<\/a>, oil infrastructure company Colonial Pipeline<\/a> and JBS, the world’s largest meat supplier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, most cyberattacks originating from Russia use known tactics like email phishing, ransomware-as-a-service<\/a> and poor password practices.<\/p>\n


\n