Attacks on information and communication systems in Portugal
After the event with Grupo Impresa, much has been said about the events at media in Portugal. Grupo Impresa had the inexistence of being that incident caused by a group of computer hackers, which was not the only one to perpetrate that attack, but not the only one to perpetrate that attack, the group in question is the type of target of such initiatives by the on the part of those who want to be against these organizations, the difference, that not everyone wants to communicate for the sake of image and respect towards peers and society in general, and it does not mean that everything has been compromised.
The incident is adverse in networks and information systems that jeopardizes security. This, in analysis, always refers to the people, agents, who are responsible for those who threaten cyberspace that is the last one whose security, precisely, is called into question.
According to official data, in the past there were at least 12 Information and Communication companies that experienced at least once due to a security incident related to the unavailability of services.
The same source indicates at least that at least two companies had problems due to a destruction-related security incident or a data incident.
The number of problems due to an incident (unavailability of ICT security services companies were or were data, data communication and a data-uncovering experience, communication of an experience, communication sector of 12 entities ).
Interesting to see is that only 20 companies in this area have insurance against ICT security incidents.
The part that there are already indicators on the part of entities that attend to the past, it will be more natural to information incidents and events as if in summary, in order to officially occur in the past. Press will come to pass. It’s just a matter of time, patience, and as we all know, attacks like these are not made overnight. Everything takes its time. Malicious agents have the patience to wait for the right moment. As for us, we certainly won’t have the same fix to correct what went wrong.
As it must be a constant to identify and these trends, analyze companies to minimize the potential risks that may not occur in their organizations, and the organization ends up blaming only the “bad guys” or the organization for being an accomplice in the IT area as far as which sometimes does not have a defined strategy, no designed governance model, nor contingency plans. And as much as it costs us, for many companies, investing in Security is still a cost! Well, do the math and see how much a stop similar to the most mediatic ones costs.
Director of Cybersecurity and IT Risk at Focus2Comply