Breaking Women-In-Tech Stereotypes
As we approach International Women’s Day I have been thinking about my role as a Chief
You don’t have to look far to find news of a major data breach these days. It appears cyber security is a term sitting front and centre on many minds while malicious attacks continue to damage companies and corporations.
A cyber-attack is when an individual or an organisation deliberately and maliciously attempts to breach the information system of another individual or organisation. While there is usually an economic goal, some recent attacks show destruction of data as a goal.
Have you ever heard of Sohanad, SnakeKeylogger, Formbook, AgentTesla or Trickbot?
Or perhaps Enraged Duck or Pinchy Spider rings a bell?
Surprisingly, these are not the characters of comic books or Marvel movies, but the names of common malware and cyber-attacks. MIT Technology Review reported that 2021 was the worst year for cyber and malware attacks in New Zealand history with the number of attacks reported doubling from 2020.
These attacks have cost businesses dearly, more than just monetary profits, but data loss and recovery which can cost businesses millions, not to mention the loss of trust and negative impact on a company’s reputation.
There are several contributors to the increasing number of cyber-attacks, with the most notable one being the increasing trend in hybrid work.
With the easing of Covid restrictions, many employees are finding themselves in the position of having to choose between working remotely or splitting their time between the office and home.
Given organisations adopted this way of working on the fly (and continue to do so, two years on) it has opened an extraordinary new attack surface, comprised of distributed mobile devices and not always adequately secured connections.
As Andrew Gogarty, Secon chief security evangelist says “This work-life shift means that businesses need to continue to be vigilant and address the multiple vulnerabilities that still linger.”
As we approach International Women’s Day I have been thinking about my role as a Chief
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