Op-ed by Svet Bajlekov, CEO of AMMP Technologies
It’s hard to miss the increasingly frequent and ferocious cyber-attacks on our infrastructure. To save me compiling yet another run-down recent of events, here’s the opening of a recent CNN piece on the topic:
“A major gas pipeline. Dozens of government agencies. A Florida city’s water supply. And now, one of the world’s top meat producers.
[…] Ransomware is not new. But there is a growing trend of hackers targeting critical infrastructure and physical business operations, which makes the attacks more lucrative for bad actors and more devastating for victims.”
The CNN article goes on:
“To make matters worse, many companies in those [Â critical infrastructure sectors] haven’t historically thought of themselves as tech companies, meaning their systems may be less sophisticated and easier to compromise.”
Read the full op-ed here
