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Protecting Critical Infrastructure From Cyber Attack

Cyber Defense Magazine, Thursday, February 1st, 2024

The enemy is using cyber weapons that are hard to track and even harder to fully attribute to an adversary, companies need to act now

Escalating geopolitical tensions in Europe and Asia place a very big target on western Critical National Infrastructure Industries (CNIs). What better way to attack your enemy than to do so using cyber weapons that are hard to track and even harder to fully attribute to an adversary. Whatsmore, when attribution finally does occur, it is often years later. By that time, the world has usually forgotten and moved on, or has been stunned by an even more destructive cyberattack. Nearly all cyberattacks and cyber-attackers thus far, have gone unpunished. This makes it the perfect crime for perpetrators.

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