Restructuring of networks amid pandemic made India vulnerable to ransomware
The
sudden rush to provide remote access to employees by restructuring network and
security systems during the lockdown made India vulnerable to ransomware
attacks in the third quarter of current year, according to cyber security firm
Check Point Software Technologies.
Due
to the immediate push, several IT companies were unable to scale up their cloud
security postures which led to increased opportunity for cyber criminals to
carry out attacks, Check Point Software Technologies India and SAARC Managing
Director Sundar N Balasubramanian told PTI.
According
to the company's research, India was ranked second after the US among the top 5
countries most affected by ransomware attacks in the third quarter.
Sri
Lanka, Russia and Turkey were at third, fourth and fifth position,
respectively, in the list of most affected countries by ransomware attacks.
In a
survey by Check Point, 71 per cent of respondents globally, including in India,
reported an increase in cyberattacks during February-March 2020, and 95 per
cent said they faced added IT security challenges with provision of large-scale
remote access for employees and managing shadow IT usage.
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