In recent months, cyber terrorists have accessed the records of 21.5 million American public service employees, infiltrated the German parliament’s network, and blocked a French national
television broadcaster’s 11 television channels for several hours.
For many years, the world has benefited from information technology advances that have improved the productivity of almost every industry – banking, healthcare, technology, retail, transportation, and energy. But we continue to underestimate the dark side of this equation: Greater dependence on information technology is resulting in an increasing and unprecedented number of cyberattacks.
This article looks at the mounting cyber threats and what companies can do to combat these threats.
