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IBM, Vodafone, And GSMA Members Outline Critical Pathways To Protect Telcos Against Quantum-Era Cyberthreats

Experts say adoption of standards within the next few years is essential to help secure telco data and infrastructure from quantum-powered cyberattacks February 23, 2023 — As part of the Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce, GSMA has published, with contributions from members IBM, Vodafone, and others, the Post Quantum Telco Network Impact Assessment: an in-depth analysis of the quantum security threats facing the telecommunications industry and a detailed, step by step list of potential solutions to prepare for these threats. The report, which debuted ahead of GSMA’s annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, maps out a clear path for telco organizations to…
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To Avoid Cyberattacks, Companies Need To Think Like Hackers

Companies are spending more than ever on cybersecurity but, despite a plethora of new security systems, they continue to be vulnerable to attacks, which are not only becoming more numerous but are also taking a greater financial and business toll on organizations. This is happening, I believe, because companies are approaching cybersecurity in the wrong way. Even though logic suggests that the more a company spends on cybersecurity systems the better protected it will be, there is no correlation between the two. What’s more: Increased cybersecurity spending often has the unintended effect of providing a false sense of security. To truly protect themselves, organizations…
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The 5 Most Cyber-Insecure Countries In Europe

With so much information stored in the cloud, the consequences of cyber-breaches are only increasing in severity. Some countries are better prepared than others when it comes to these threats. It is important to know the vulnerability of your own country in order to gauge if you’re doing enough when it comes to ensuring the security of the information you store in the digital world. Analysing the data from Microsoft Intelligence Report, security experts from Specops collected instances of cloud provider attacks as well as encounters of cryptocurrency mining, malware, and ransomware in Europe and checked the contributions of each…
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