Whereas, organizations have expanded their digital connections exponentially in recent years, lengthening their digital frontier and becoming increasingly vulnerable to digital attacks; For the resilience of a company, it is essential to develop digital security policies and plans that are consistent with current and future conditions.

So every day, the role of the different CxOs in the digital security of organizations is more important, collaborating closely with the CISO.

These topics were expanded and deepened by two experts and invited speakers, Gustavo Quiñones, Support & CyberSOC Manager of ESET Latin America, and Rafael Núñez, digital security specialist, director of MásQueSeguridad and MásQueDigital, who, although they received applause, were interacting with other qualified specialists from the panel area and within the attendees, as they took the floor and further enriched the examination and debate.

The interesting conference-forum-discussion was held under the call of PwC, in the context of its program “Growing in the New Economy: technology for disruption, innovation and growth”, and took place in the auditorium of its headquarters building in Chuao, Caracas.

Rafael Núñez emphasized prevention, noting that cyberattackers that have become a “criminal industry” are making use of Artificial Intelligence for their purposes, which they alternate with Social Engineering tactics or techniques to deceive victims

Rafa Núñez captured the attention of the audience by explaining how the advances connected to and derived from Artificial Intelligence are being used for purposes of violating the laws, carrying out crimes and sophisticating deception, fraud and extortion procedures.

At another point in the event organized by PwC, Gustavo Quiñonez, manager of ESET, described different “Trojans”, some quite evolved, designed by criminals to specifically harm people and institutions in the banking system, for example.

There was also talk of the use of advanced technologies and almost unthinkable applications, deployed in the fields of espionage and the military industry.

Multiple and innumerable risks occur both in the organizational-corporate context and in the personal sphere, and in the future more attacks will be done via mobile devices than is done today. So we must review and update security in these times of Artificial Intelligence

Cybercrime has grown both in size and in the volume of money it captures or seizes, it currently has human resources and technology in the region, in the area, producing attacks from and to Latin America (Mexico, Brazil and Chile were mentioned). And this means losses for companies and also for individuals, cybercriminals are increasingly intensifying and diversifying their attacks.

Perhaps the most general and at the same time most accurate conclusion is that just as a new economy is lived, a new integral reality is also lived, accompanied by new risks, against which one must be cautious; we must take preventive measures, avoid as much as possible attacks and losses, act before they occur, and it is too late.

With information from Doble Llave and El Sumario

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Every day there are more companies and their managers who recognize the importance of having cybersecurity solutions, which is why it is no longer an area for specialists and has become a strategic issue within organizations.

During next March 22 and 23, the event called CiberForum will be held in virtual format in Mexico, which aims to disseminate the new technologies existing in the market to face the digital risks presented by companies.

In the event, more than 40 specialists will refer to the best practices and the different strategies that experts apply to combat and prevent the different cyber attacks, they assure that this problem, although “it cannot be avoided, it can be prevented and combated with strategic”.

The companies MercaBien, Check Point, GS1, TotalPlay, Womcy, among others, will be participating in CiberForum 2022.

Cyber ​​attacks cause millionaire losses

A study carried out by RiskIQ highlights that computers with Internet connections “face 1.5 attacks“, which generate large losses of money for organizations. According to the publications made by PWC “information rescues have been around 70 million dollars” and the majority of companies (more than 50 %) estimate that by 2022 “cyber attacks will reach record numbers”.

For the editorial director of CiberForum, Uriel Naum Ávila, “companies seek to move quickly towards digital, but they are not taking into account the security risks that such a dizzying transformation implies. From his perspective, cybersecurity is essential for companies at the moment, therefore, it is no longer just a matter of specialized areas, but a matter of strategy in organizations.

M. Rodríguez

Source: mexico.quadratin.com.mx

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The business climate in Germany’s digital startups has improved markedly and returned to the 2019 level, reported consulting firm PWC and the German Start-up Association in Berlin.

These results are reflected in the number of employees, which currently stands at an average of 18 per company, four more than a year ago. According to the report, the firms also want to hire more staff than before.

The data collected indicates that the proportion of women is also growing, although at just under 18 % it continues to be very low. More than a fifth, it means 22 %, of the founders of these startups have foreign origins.

“The study shows that our startup ecosystem is on the right track in terms of growth and diversity,” said the association’s executive director, Franziska Teubert.

“In view of international competition, things have to move much faster in both areas,” she said.

The new digital companies consider that their main obstacles are, in addition to the search for talent, obtaining capital and access to data.

Source: dpa

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