Cybersecurity leaders call for proactive measure against rising cyber threats
Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky foresees more information technology (IT) engineers and experts are needed to develop better cyber security and immunity to combat the escalating tide of cybercrime.
Kaspersky chief executive officer Eugene Kaspersky said the cyber age would be hyperconnected in the future which will optimise the consumption of resources making the world faster, better, and more interesting.
“It is a bright future but at the same time, if I open the backdoor, and have a look at the cybercrime, we detect more than 400,000 new unique malware, every day,” he said during the panel discussion, titled ‘Sustainable Shared Digital Space’, in conjunction with Kaspersky Cyber Immunity Conference, here yesterday.
“Hackers are getting smarter and at the same time, we have more and more reports from our customers and partners about attacks or attempts to crack the industrial systems,” he said.
Echoing these sentiments, CyberSecurity Malaysia chief executive Datuk Dr Amirudin Abdul Wahab stressed the importance of integrating cybersecurity measures from the outset of product development.
He emphasised that cybersecurity should not be an afterthought, but an integral component of the design and development process to preemptively address vulnerabilities effectively.
“The concern about various types of cybersecurity issues usually arises after incidents have occurred. By that time, it is already late, since the impact of the cyber incidents could be huge,” said Amirudin.
Hence, he regarded the implementation of specific policies or regulations by local authorities to enforce adaptive security and a secure-by-design approach as ‘important’.
The first international Cyber Immunity Conference 2024 was held at the Museum of the Future, here.
The three-day conference, which kicked off on Thursday, is a platform for networking and building lasting relationships with cyber-immune technology visionaries and business pioneers. — Bernama