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Crime rate to rise by 40% after inclusion of cyber-offences: Comment from Fujitsu
October 2015 by Mark Stollery, Managing Consultant, Enterprise and Cyber Security UK & I, Fujitsu
Following the news that Crime rates are to rise by 40% after inclusion of cyber-offences, please see below comment from Mark Stollery, Managing Consultant, Enterprise and Cyber Security UK & I, Fujitsu.
“Today’s news that UK crime rates set to rise by 40% after the inclusion of cyber-crime – and recent global threats such as the Dridex malware, used to steal £20m from UK bank accounts – highlight the increasing presence of cyber-criminals in today’s digital society and the importance for organisations and governments to continue to collaborate in order to prevent data losses and keep these cyber-criminals out.
“A recent survey showed the true scale of the issue with nearly 9 out of 10 large organisations surveyed suffering some sort of cyber security breach, with the impact equally as significant on smaller organisations with far fewer resources and levels of protection. Organisations must make security a top priority if they are to combat threats – which we can only expect to evolve in sophistication as cyber-criminals continually strive to outpace the security vendors and community. This means an ongoing programme of education – for users, employees and across the supply chain – to ensure they are not introducing potential risk and malicious activity to the network; alongside a strong security posture in order to protect the most important data assets.
“Today’s news reinforces the impact cyber-crime is having on businesses at all levels and in all sectors. There have been a significant numbers of breaches in 2015 and this strengthens the message to organisations of ‘when and not if’ such an incident will occur – be prepared, act today to protect your data and then don’t stop.”
