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Most Firms Now Fear Nation State Attack
Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine
A majority of businesses now regard state-sponsored or led attacks as a major threat, marking a potentially critical shift in perception, according to new research from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
The study, sponsored by the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, is compiled from interviews with over 500 director-level or above executives from businesses in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States.
Conducted before the SolarWinds campaign even came to light, the research nevertheless revealed that 80% are concerned about falling victim to a nation state attack, with a majority claiming these worries have increased over the past five years.
COVID-19 Vaccine and Cyber espionage
News Highlights: COVID-19 Vaccine and Cyber espionage.
Less than a year after the first Covid-19 death was reported from China, the first clinically approved vaccine was administered by Pfizer-BioNtech to Margaret Keenan in the United Kingdom (UK) on December 8, 2020. The Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine, a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine, is the fastest vaccine ever developed.
Subsequently, a handful of other vaccines have also been marketed, including by Oxford-AstraZeneca in the UK, Moderna in the US, Sinovac and Sinopharm in China, Bharat Biotech in India and Sputnik V and Epivaccorona in Russia.
While the world is celebrating the success of the rollout of these vaccines, some companies involved in vaccine development and distribution have faced disruptions due to cyber threats.
APAC firms grapple with cyber security amid pandemic
Some aspects of cyber security have taken a backseat as companies across the Asia-Pacific region rush to shore up their infrastructure to cope with the demands of remote work
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Some aspects of cyber security have taken a backseat as companies across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region rush to shore up their infrastructure to cope with the demands of remote work amid the pandemic.
Consequently, some vulnerabilities could have been exposed for threat actors to exploit as patch management programmes fall behind, according to Anna Gamvros, head of data protection, privacy and cyber security for APAC at Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law firm.