DIGITAL MANUFACTURING
“ THE IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES , AS WE ALL NAVIGATE THIS CRAZY DIGITAL WORLD ”
JOHN SHIER SENIOR SECURITY ADVISOR , SOPHOS
“ This is not an indictment or criticism of the companies themselves , but this means that 33 % of those companies are directly funding criminals . Sometimes , you just have to because it ' s incumbent on the survival of your business , so we fully understand that .”
A lot of this has to do with whether the company has reliable backups or cyber insurance .
Overall , Shier failed to find the results surprising .
“ The problem I have as a jaded security guy that ' s been in this industry a little too long is that some of this stuff was not shocking to me . If you have a vulnerable service or exposed system , you will be found out by cyber criminals .”
For Shier , the results confirmed what he already knew – everybody is a target .
70 February 2023