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cRecent research by Orange Cyberdefense has revealed an increase in the number of cyberattacks that have taken place this year , fuelled by a new working environment which has seen many organisations adopt to remote workforces . Haifa Jlassi , Orange Cyberdefense Security Expert for META at Orange Business Services , highlights how Orange Cyberdefense helps to protect customers in this increased remote workforce environment , as well as the support offered if the worst should happen .

Can you describe the current threat Across the regions , we saw an increase in social landscape ? What are the major threats engineering – 5 % in 2020 compared to 1 % in 2019 . that your customers are experiencing ? If we look at malware incidents , we ’ re talking about
something like 13 %. These are both state-backed It ’ s been a very challenging year where organisations criminal hackers as well as small hackers . across the globe have had to adapt their working processes to accommodate remote workers in a very They have identified opportunities by understanding short time . This has meant allowing remote access to that organisations are opening their assets to the assets , as well as moving to the cloud . With that , there public to make it easier for their workers . That ’ s why we has been an increase in the attack surface and many organisations have been victims to cyberattacks . see a lot of ransomware attacks in the news , as well as supply chain attacks .
Looking at the Orange Cyberdefense Navigator , you can find some very interesting statistics . Our cyber analysts across the globe analysed something like 1,000,700 events last year and found that 41 % of those were confirmed incidents , proper attacks .
How is Orange Cyberdefense positioned to address these threats ?
Detection , impact limitation , response and recovery are essential to reduce the duration and impact of
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