Folllowing the news that Philip Hammond has pledged to invest £1.9 billion to improve Britain’s cyber-defences, IT security experts from Imperva and Intergrator Axial Systems commented below.
Spencer Young, RVP of EMEA at Imperva:
However, that said, the attack types we see are becoming more and more sophisticated. Therefore it is not enough to defend against high volume, low sophistication attacks. Today we need to be more focused on defending high volume, highly sophisticated attacks, which are becoming more prevalent and dangerous.
In addition, it would be good to understand who is advising the government on the technology strategy they are adopting? Simply adding investment to defend websites or e-mail systems will not prevent hackers from gaining entry. The information they want resides in databases and applications that exist on-premise and in the cloud. Protecting only websites and email systems is akin to having a burglar alarm on the front door, but leaving the valuables in plain sight once the thieves enter the home.”
Mike Simmonds, Managing Director at Axial Systems:
There is a great deal that technology can do as a partial-solution to these ills, by reinforcing network perimeters/cores and ensuring user connections are as secure as possible. But, when the innocent-looking invoice appears in front of the untrained office junior as an incoming urgent email and a simple double-click on the “invoice copy” deploys its payload, the case for education, education, education becomes paramount. Security is not a destination it’s a state of mind.”
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