The new war – Is your final defence up to the job?

Thinking about the following article: The backups and operational continuity plans that businesses and organisations have in place are so important – because all your technical defences can be defeated and your hacked.

The Russia Ukraine conflict has revealed a new type of hacker – they may be white hat, they may be black hat, it depends on which side you are on. However the operation is based in the living rooms of ordinary Russians.

Russian vigilante hacker: ‘I want to help beat Ukraine from my computer’ – BBC News

This is why any operation to counter cyber security threats is so complicated as the origins of the attacks are so varied and constantly changing.

Do you need a better backup?

Further Reading

Ukraine reportedly seeks volunteers to defend IT networks • The Register

After Ukraine recruits an “IT Army,” dozens of Russian sites go dark | Ars Technica

This is a US centric article but it has advice equally useful to us:

How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect your cybersecurity | TechRepublic

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