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Haifa Jlassi , Orange Cyberdefense Security Expert for META at Orange
Business Services
Can you describe the current threat landscape ? What are the major threats that your customers are experiencing ?
It ’ s been a very challenging year where organisations across the globe have had to adapt their working processes to accommodate remote workers in a very short time . This has meant allowing remote access to assets , as well as moving to the cloud . With that , there has been an increase in the attack surface and many organisations have been victims to cyberattacks .
Looking at the Orange Cyberdefense Navigator , you can find some very interesting statistics . Our cyber analysts across the globe analysed something like 1,000,700 events last year and found that 41 % of those were confirmed incidents , proper attacks .
Across the regions , we saw an increase in social engineering – 5 % in 2020 compared to 1 % in 2019 . If we look at malware incidents , we ’ re talking about something like 13 %. These are both state-backed criminal hackers as well as small hackers .
They have identified opportunities by understanding that organisations are opening their assets to the public to make it easier for their workers . That ’ s why we see a lot of ransomware attacks in the news , as well as supply chain attacks .
How is Orange Cyberdefense positioned to address these threats ?
Detection , impact limitation , response and recovery are essential to reduce the duration and impact of a compromise and avoid a fully-fledged breach . Achieving this requires more than just mastering security basics .
That ’ s why at Orange Cyberdefense , we have a team of very experienced security practitioners to help our customers assess security architecture , their vulnerabilities and defence in depth .
We have 11 cyber SOCs across the globe providing an intelligence-led detection response and recovery for our customers to stay operational and out of the news .
What are the best strategies for beating ransomware attacks ?
We have a team of very experienced security practitioners to help our customers assess security architecture , their vulnerabilities and defence in depth .
Ransomware is generally the final stage of malware infection . This is the last action of a compromise that has already progressed through several other phases of exploitation . Malware operators will extract every possible bit of value from a compromised endpoint before initiating encryption and revealing their presence .
So , the earlier we can detect and disrupt malware activity , the less likely it is to progress to a ransomware incident . The challenge is that there is not one type of technology that solves detection , so you need to have a clear view on vulnerabilities to be able to better assess your risk , then work on early detection .
Then , alongside detection across log data , network data and endpoint data there are also threat activities that happen outside of your infrastructure then might pose a risk to your business that need to be detected .
You probably cannot solve all problems at the same time . But you can choose a security partner with a complete MDR portfolio and the right expertise that can guide you to get the best of your investments .
How do you help organisations to protect themselves in an increased remote workforce environment ?
Orange Cyberdefense offers complete secure access service support and we help our customers
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