Despite an increasing number of cyber attacks, some companies still do not take IT security seriously enough. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular often assume that they are too small to be a lucrative target for cybercriminals. Unfortunately, the exact opposite is true.
Software supply chains have become a dangerous vulnerability in organizations and may allow attackers to penetrate internal networks. Although the risk is high, organizations can still take action to protect themselves and prevent attacks through this supply chain vulnerability.The days when small teams or freelancers were able to develop an application and bring it to market are long gone. Instead, programmers today often rely on external frameworks, libraries, and other components...
Ransomware attacks are particularly cruel: Cyber criminals encrypt data and demand a ransom for its safe release, threatening that they will either delete data to bring a company to its knees or make the data public. For important business data and sensitive, personal information, this is a horrifying scenario and disaster for every company. The Allianz Risk Barometer 2022 even identified ransomware as one of the biggest business risks worldwide...
