My perception of the typical cybercriminal has shifted. They might not be ‘suited and booted’ but, in my mind, he or she is nevertheless a business person running an efficient operation, complete with a clearly defined business model and strategy. So writes David Ferbrache, Technical Director for the audit firm KPMG in the UK.
What are a cybercriminal’s real objectives and strategies? Is the cybercriminal really still a solitary, tech-savvy hacker? Cybercrime has morphed into a much more aggressive, and powerful business.
In an article on the KPMG website, he discusses the basics of Cyber Essentials; staff education and planning for and simulating those cyber-attacks which could cause the most harm. It provides advice on how to stop thinking solely about technical defences and to start thinking in terms of strategy. To determine what the most dangerous cyber threat to your organisation is, we must consider what that rival criminal businessman will most want from your business, he writes.
For the article, ‘When cybercrime met big business’, in full click here.
About the author
Before joining KPMG, David Ferbrache was the Head of Cyber and Space for the UK Ministry of Defence.
