They will create a cybercrime Atlas to map the structures, operations and computer criminal networks

With the pandemic, the use of technology increased and with it the costs of cyber attacks which, last year, caused global damage of more than 8 trillion dollars, for which the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched an initiative by which the Atlas of the cybercrime for businesses, government agencies, and researchers to combat cyberthreats.

For him WEFthe problem is that having a greater number of devices connected to the Internet increases cyber attacks, especially since specialists estimate that only 4% of computers have protection against attacks, in addition to the fact that protocols are not followed to avoid these threats.

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Therefore, by not protecting the devices and by increasing cyberattacks, the WEF estimated that in four years their economic damage will triple.

The estimate is that the attacks meant global costs of 8.44 trillion dollars and the figure will climb to 23.8 trillion dollars in 2027, that is, in four more years.

For this reason, during the Annual Meeting of the WEF or World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland —which takes place from January 16 to 20— said body launched the initiative to create the Cybercrime Atlas in which global companies, government agencies and organizations participate. cyber researchers to fight against cyber threats.

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What is the Atlas about?

The objective of the atlas will be to map the cybercrime landscape, covering criminal operations, structures and networks, which will be done with the support of Fortinet, Microsoft, PayPal and Santander.

WEF Head of Urban Transformation Jeff Merritt said that “In times when the global economy is fragile, we have the tools we need to reduce at least one of the biggest threats to the economy: cyberattacks.”.

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In the State of a Connected World Report, Merritt said that actions are called for to protect ourselves against these threats, which requires improving individual security, that of small and medium-sized companies, moving to more protected systems, among other actions for everyone. those computers or devices that are connected to the internet.

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Source: Elcomercio

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