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CSA SPEAKER BULLETIN CYBER SECURITY
CYBER ATTACKS
Europe’s Thin Blue Line is Fraying
Dr Chris Brauer is Director taking its toll. New research shows organisations must appreciate the
of Innovation at Goldsmiths, Europe’s cybersecurity professionals value and difficulty of the role. The
University of London. He is a are burned out, overloaded, and feel modern company board can no
world-renowned researcher like they’re living on borrowed time. longer crank up, and then pass on the
specialising in high-impact pressure while shouldering none of
studies at the intersections Three key areas with a demonstrable the responsibility. Everyone has a duty
of human behaviour, need for change are Psychology, to better understand and support
emerging technologies, and Technology, and Culture. cybersecurity in 2019.
socioeconomic change.
In psychological terms, we want the In closing, I hope it’s clear these
The ambition, number and experts to be able to shift from a state issues and lessons extend well
sophistication of cyber-attacks of distress - permanent fight or flight beyond cyber defence. Dealing
are growing year on year. mode - to one of eustress, where with information overload, better
During 2018, web attacks increased their job is seen more positively, as supporting employee’s mental health,
56 percent, use of enterprise a challenge. And this more positive and aligning technology so we get
ransomware was up by 12 percent – perception is not something staff the best out of it, rather than the
mobile ransomware by 33 percent. can simply will into being, it can only worst… For business leaders in every
48 percent of malicious email follow from change in other areas. sector, around the world – these are
attachments are now office files. the essential challenges of our time.
The number of attack groups using From a technological perspective,
destructive malware increased 25 cybersecurity pros are dealing with
percent too. Everyone from hobbyist the arrival of the cloud and massive
hackers to corporate spies and increases in the types, locations
professional cyber-criminals, not to and amount of data, as well as
mention activists and nation states, thousands upon thousands of devices
are on the offensive. under management. So rather than
separate piecemeal solutions, they
For those in defence, it’s like a penalty need a single integrated technology
shootout where the attacker has an platform that streamlines data
infinite number of shots at goal. The processing to clarify and simplify
stakes are so high, but unfortunately tasks.
the pressure on security experts is
Finally, from a cultural perspective,
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