Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 36 | Page 21

INFOGRAPHIC and where they take place. We ensure to alert the concerned organisations on time and provide them with the protection and intelligence needed against both known and unknown threats.” As the name suggests, APT attacks are ongoing threats that are active for years on end. Evaluating these attacks allows cybersecurity teams to make connections www.intelligentcio.com and try to measure the motivation behind why these attacks took place. It also helps teams to calculate what the attacker’s next moves could be and accordingly take the necessary steps to protect themselves against future incidents. Kaspersky works with the legal authorities and provides them with the intelligence needed to track and prosecute the groups behind such attacks. n “ IT IS CLEAR FROM OUR INVESTIGATIONS, THAT APT ATTACKS IN THE META REGION ARE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOW DOWN. INTELLIGENTCIO 21