| | JULY 2023ENTERPRISE SECURITY8IN MY OPINIONIN MY OPINIONSECURITY THREATS AND BACKUPSBy Alex Konnaris, Group CIO, RMA Group Company LimitedLooking back over the years, we have seen many kinds of security threats. If we were lucky, none of them impacted our data, at worst some of them caused some minor disruptions. Information Security is an enormous topic and there is a good reason for it, the threats to our data are real. Threats have changed in size and scope, so we are no longer able to ignore them. We used to be able to say to ourselves "I'm not important enough to be a target" but this is not true in today's day and age. The reason relates to the exponential growth of computing power, internet bandwidth, storage capabilities and availability of tools. The dark-web is now populated by seriously motivated organized groups, with the intent on making revenue or cause major disruption - cyber-crime is a huge industry and it is growing. The tools are widely available and more sophisticated, all that's needed is some information, a little automation and watch the fireworks remotely. Whether they are Alex Konnaris
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