Suhan Gorya :
"shutdown clear the way to down network for all the secure work"
A new CyberTruth –SurveyMonkey Audience poll has found that Americans' concerns about the nation's cybersecurity are heightened with the government shutdown.
Some 62% of 538 respondents said they felt some degree of heightened concern, while 54% of survey takers indicated feeling some degree less secure with the government shutdown.
There have been plenty of headline- grabbing disclosures over the past two years of politically- motivated hackers disrupting banks and media companies and stealing data that relates to critical infrastructure.
"Citizens are right to be concerned with our nation's cyber defensive capabilities during the shutdown," says Chris Petersen, CTO and co-founder of LogRhythm, a security analytics company in Colorado. "Defending against these attacks requires highly skilled people, and many of these people are sidelined. Their posts are going unmanned and the defensive positions held are being eroded."
Survey
takers were asked to select which issue about the government shutdown
concerned them most. The top choice: the "potential for the government
to default on its debt," cited by 26%of respondents, followed by
"Congress not carrying out its daily duties," 25%; "furloughed workers
not getting paid," 20%; "security threats from other entities," 12%; and
"national parks and monuments being closed,: 8%.
"It is hard to predict the exact consequence the government shutdown will have when it comes to defending our nation's virtual borders," says Peterson. "Many posts are undermanned, and our defenses are down. With fewer eyes on their activities, attackers can more aggressively infiltrate further into networks, systems, and data, better able to hide their tracks in the process."
Peterson predicts that cyberspies are likely to probe and penetrate poorly monitored systems. "New beachheads will be established," he says. "Some will be used for immediate gains. Over time, some of these compromises will be detected when furloughed cyber security workers return to their posts. However, other beachheads will stay intentionally hidden, buried and dormant, waiting for the right time to strike."
"shutdown clear the way to down network for all the secure work"
A new CyberTruth –SurveyMonkey Audience poll has found that Americans' concerns about the nation's cybersecurity are heightened with the government shutdown.
Some 62% of 538 respondents said they felt some degree of heightened concern, while 54% of survey takers indicated feeling some degree less secure with the government shutdown.
There have been plenty of headline- grabbing disclosures over the past two years of politically- motivated hackers disrupting banks and media companies and stealing data that relates to critical infrastructure.
"Citizens are right to be concerned with our nation's cyber defensive capabilities during the shutdown," says Chris Petersen, CTO and co-founder of LogRhythm, a security analytics company in Colorado. "Defending against these attacks requires highly skilled people, and many of these people are sidelined. Their posts are going unmanned and the defensive positions held are being eroded."
"It is hard to predict the exact consequence the government shutdown will have when it comes to defending our nation's virtual borders," says Peterson. "Many posts are undermanned, and our defenses are down. With fewer eyes on their activities, attackers can more aggressively infiltrate further into networks, systems, and data, better able to hide their tracks in the process."
Peterson predicts that cyberspies are likely to probe and penetrate poorly monitored systems. "New beachheads will be established," he says. "Some will be used for immediate gains. Over time, some of these compromises will be detected when furloughed cyber security workers return to their posts. However, other beachheads will stay intentionally hidden, buried and dormant, waiting for the right time to strike."
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