Dave Russell, VP, Enterprise Strategy, Veeam, tells us businesses must understand the responsibility they have to their customers and employees to protect any data within their jurisdiction.
Over the past few years, cyberattacks have become something which the general public is increasingly aware of. However, a perception still exists, certainly outside the IT industry, that cyberattacks are just something that happen on the Internet.
It’s difficult to relate to and equate the impact of cybercrime on its victims – whether it’s an individual who has fallen foul of an online scam or a company that has been forced to pay a ransom to restore its systems. For this reason, it doesn’t always seem that cybercrime is viewed or treated like a ‘real’ crime.
While we acknowledge that cybercrime is an actual crime, for some it might be difficult to get onboard with. The thought of being totally outraged by a hacker taking down a multinational corporation could seem a bit far-fetched.
This is possibly because of the stereotypes about cybercriminals being painted as disgruntled computer science whizz-kids with nothing better to do than ‘stick it to the man.’ Consider that the majority of cyberattacks are the work of huge, organized and wealthy crime syndicates. They are highly sophisticated operations with the aim of stealing money from the business that pays your salary and the government that collects…
