Computer security and competitiveness
As connectivity creates a new reality, Spanish companies need to accelerate their digital transformation to guarantee their growth. With tools such as the Internet of Things and IoT, information has become essential to increasing competitiveness and resilience in increasingly unstable markets.
According to the report Spain 2023 Outlook: Digital transformationPrepared by KPMG together with CEOE, 58% are made up of Spanish businessmen and executives “Digital transformation among its strategic priorities”.
This raises another challenge: implementing useful and effective computer security policies. SMEs, on the other hand, become obvious targets of such cyber attacks because they do not make much effort to take the necessary cyber security measures.
To this vulnerability we must also add the increase in mobility, resulting mainly from the increase in new working formulas such as remote working and the use of cloud tools.
Most common threats
Computer threats have consequences in two areas. The first of these could mean a pause in the operations of the affected company. Secondly, it brings about a reputational crisis due to loss of trust between customers and suppliers. This situation leads to economic losses that can jeopardize the continuity of these companies.
The most common attacks are those often referred to as malware. This is a type of malware designed to be installed on commonly used devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers so that the user does not know they installed it. Once a device is infected, cybercriminals can cause all kinds of damage, including hijacking and stealing data.
Another phenomenon that has grown remarkably since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic is social engineering. In this case, attackers use different methods to deceive users to obtain information such as bank information, passwords or confidential information. Phishing is the most common form of this practice and takes the form of email, text messaging, digital identity theft, or fake websites that resemble official websites. Here, the cyber fraud victim provides the requested data because he trusts the sender of the message.