Cyber security, the new model of governance

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The real world is not the same as the digital world. In the real world, you just have to be more discriminating with the help you render toward other people. But in the digital world, you need to worry about the risks that may arise from anywhere in the world. The frauds committed will be international because the Internet has no borders. Nowadays, viruses and applications that can harm our electronic devices are no longer written by novice hackers looking for glory on the Internet.

Most of them are professional hackers who make considerable amounts of money from cyber attacks. They aim to access resources such as passwords stored in the laptop's internal memory, PayPal account password, credit card numbers, etc.

This new digital reality opens up new avenues of development in areas such as medicine, mobile communications, construction and other fields but at the same time raises risks, especially risks in the field of cybersecurity. In recent years, we have witnessed events such as hospitals where doctors have been forced to cancel surgeries due to patients' files being infected or encrypted, or events such as those in Germany where the government has been forced to ban the sale of toys connected to the Internet. and which could have spied on their behavior and many other events where societies and the public environment were severely affected.

Viruses like WannaCry and Petya they have developed a panic within the international public to the point where at this point no one doubts that we need security protocols and equipment to protect companies from possible cyber attacks. All these events have paved the way for a common policy within companies that group tools, guides, management methods, best practices policies to protect digital information such as personal data, authentication keys, passwords, shopping history or banking information.

We have come so far that, according to a study published by the World Economic Forum, which analyzes global risk, cyber attacks are the fifth largest risk category in the world, surpassed only by unemployment, climate change, the water crisis and conflicts between states.

The consulting firm Gartner revealed in a report that by 2020, 60% of businesses in contact with the digital world will suffer seriously if they fail to manage the risks coming from the Internet.

According to the report, these problems can be solved in two ways: cybersecurity training (Incibe, for example, states that the European Union needs about 825,000 specialists in the next 10 years, and IDG has calculated that in 2019 it will be a demand for approximately 6 million cybersecurity experts globally) and by improving protocols in various technologies, such as:

Cars - Smart cars are already on the market and are still vulnerable to direct or indirect attacks due to devices connected to them, such as smart watches or mobile phones.

Devices - Here we are talking about mobile phones, smart watches, which are not sufficiently protected and which sometimes end up providing confidential information to hackers.

Cloud services - More and more companies are using cloud services to store documents without installing efficient information encryption systems or high-performance antivirus systems.

Ransomware - 2 out of 5 companies in Spain suffered in 2016 as a result of ransomware attacks by blocking access to files within the company, forcing them to pay substantial sums for their decryption.

Hardware - Traffic protection and analysis systems and potential attacks are essential to ensure security, even within companies, not only when they access Internet services.

Conclusions

• In order to increase trust in the digital world, it is essential to develop applications for securing the information that crosses the Internet, and for this we must encourage collaboration between the government and private companies.
• Education and prevention continue to be the best tools to prevent possible cyber attacks. Encrypting information, implementing security protocols, and investing in security systems are key.
• The security field urgently needs specialists who are able to develop prediction systems and anticipate possible attacks. It is essential for Universities to develop specialists in the field of digital security.
• Despite the efforts made in recent years, it is crucial that we continue to develop equipment and applications that ensure the security of people and organizations.

What solutions do we offer?

• Providing security services within companies
• Providing firewall management services
• Providing email and cloud security services
• Providing IT protection consulting services
• Design and integration of security systems
• Management of existing security systems

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