Crime

Security Issue In Cyber World

In the run-up to the Munich security conference gathered 200 experts to Cybersicherheits conference. Conclusion: The perils of networking are rapidly growing. Simple solutions are not in sight.

“The Cyber domain was, is, and will continue to be one of the challenging areas of international security”, with these words of a localized Wolfgang Ischinger, the topic of cyber security is clearly on the Agenda of the Munich security conference. A key problem from the point of view of the Director of the Munich security conference: the language of The IT professionals was too complicated. Many people could not follow and would be left behind.

Nearly 200 company representatives, professionals and IT experts were formed in the audience at the 2. International Cybersicherheits Conference. It is part of the accompanying programme to the Munich security conference, starting Friday, for three days around 600 high-level decision-makers from all over the world together. The Bayerischer Hof as conference venue is bursting at the seams. This is also reflected in the small things. The Cybersicherheitskonferenz about was a little crowded in the Breakfast room on the 6. Floor instead, right next to the swimming pool and Spa. Therefore the executions of the high-level keynote speakers to follow, and at the same time, people in white robes on top of the roof, the smoke could be observed.

Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of Munich security conference

Opportunities and risks of the cyber world

Here were, among others: A member of the Board of the Bundesbank (Andreas Dombret), the Informationssicherheitschef of the German Bank (Al Tarasiuk), the head of the global security strategy of Microsoft (Paul Nicholas), a member of the Board of TÜV SÜD (Axel Stepken), a Kriminaldirektor of the Federal criminal police office (Heiko Löhr), as well as the chief Executive for global cyber security, the Chinese network equipment supplier Huawei (John Suffolk). As previously at the world economic forum in Davos was also in Munich, the current fourth industrial Revolution is in the foreground: the increasing networking, digitalisation and automation of the industrial production along the entire value chain. Robin Niblett , Director desLondonder Think-tank Chatham House, Association of this development with the drivers of economic growth of the last two decades: globalization.

Networking through the Internet is a basic prerequisite for the globalization, so Niblett. Now, in times of weak growth, the ability to handle large amounts of data essential. As with many Cyberkonferenzen was agreed: the huge Potential of digitization for economic growth must be used. At the same time were also all Involved realize that this is exactly what the dependencies of the companies and thus also the possibilities for attack to increase enormously. The cyberworld, you have a new Hyper-asymmetry produced, explained Niblett. While in the analogue world, such as in war three attackers needed to get a defender to overcome, could be in the digital world, an attacker has 1000 defenders matt.

Andreas Dombret, member of the Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank

445 Billion Euro Damage

So clearly the finding of growing dangers, so divided were the opinions of the extent to which these hazards in the upper echelons of the economy are perceived, taken seriously and addressed. Some speakers represented a significantly growing awareness in the Wirtschaftslenkern fixed, such as the Allianz Board of management for Central and Eastern Europe Christopher Lohmann. Thomas Köhler of the economic consultancy Ernst &Young saw it differently. He referred to a survey of 1300 companies in the past year. Therefore believed that 88% of the respondents, the information security of your company is not enough. 36% thought it was unlikely that a sophisticated attack on your company at all to recognize.

The Bavarian Minister of economic Affairs Ilse Aigner had in her speech previously, the dimensions of the damage is made clear: Alone, for Germany estimated the annual damage from cyber attacks on 50 billion Euro. Worldwide, you could later hear, sum the annual damage to 445 billion euros.

Digital “Crown Jewels”

In the course of the event illustrated some approaches to greater cyber security: companies would have to prioritize what your really worthy of the “crown jewels”. The General population can use programs to data security and data minimisation be made aware of similar programs for road traffic safety in the past. But above all, one must look forward, try re-emerging problem areas at an early stage to identify and to act accordingly. With a view to the rapid development of industry 4.0, the Internet of things and e-government was the call for independent certification bodies according. As was agreed in the assessment: the more and The closer we are connected to each other, the more important is an ancient quality from the analog world: confidence!