State Special Communications warns of an increase in cyberattacks on businesses through contractors
Kyiv • UNN
The enemy uses supply chains to attack government agencies and critical infrastructure. Two-factor authentication provides half of successful protection.
Dmytro Pakholchenko, Director of the Cybersecurity Department of the State Special Communications Service Administration, warned about the increase in cyberattacks on businesses through supply chains. He spoke about this during his speech at the XIII BUSINESS & LEGAL TAX FORUM in Kyiv, as reported by UNN with reference to State Special Communications Service.
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Pakholchenko also drew attention to the change in tactics of hostile hacker groups.
Many cases we are currently working on begin with the compromise of contractors or partners. This becomes the entry point through which the attack further develops on government agencies or critical infrastructure.
To prevent such attacks, the state imposes clear requirements on suppliers of goods, works, and services for government agencies and critical information infrastructure facilities.
In addition, Pakholchenko emphasized the need for companies to adhere to basic rules of cyber hygiene, conduct regular training and briefings for personnel. According to him, only the use of two-factor authentication provides half of successful protection, and he urged to set it up everywhere possible.