The threat landscape is changing rapidly and, in the future, attacks are not going to be limited to just one person or company but could target entire communities, cities or countries. Industrial threats were under the spotlight at a recent Kaspersky Lab conference. Kathy Gibson found out more.

The threat to smart cities

Smart cities are on their way: Around the world, cities are looking to connected infrastructure and communications to improve service delivery to citizens – but the benefits of smart cities come with a host of new and potentially crippling cyber threats.

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Industrial security: the new frontier

As the Internet of Things becomes more pervasive, organisations find that their industrial systems are now exposed on their corporate IT networks and therefore a lot more vulnerable than they were in the past.

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Industrial threat is real – and growing

Cybercriminals are enjoying more success than ever in the industrial arena, with new exploits starting to become more common – and with the potential for enormous damage across a broad front, and affecting millions of people.

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The real cyber-threats for SA companies

Smart cities are on their way: Around the world, cities are looking to connected infrastructure and communications to improve service delivery to citizens – but the benefits of smart cities come with a host of new and potentially crippling cyber threats.

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Cyber-threats on an upward trajectory

At least 2,2-billion cyber-attacks were experiences in the first quarter of 2016 – and significantly, at least 52% of users faced at least one infection attempt during the quarter.In the Europe, middle East and Africa region, 132-million attacks took place, with 51% of users facing an attack attempt.

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