WATCH NOW hugely important in the sector and will only become more so .
Q . ARE ATTACKS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY AND BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED ?
» There ’ s definitely an upward trend in the number of cyber attacks , doubling between 2021 and 2022 . The number of DDoS attacks also more than doubled in that same period , according to a report by European Union Agency for Cybersecurity ( ENISA ) report .
Attacks on Domain Name System ( DNS ) services are becoming very common and are now the most attacked part of telecom networks , according to EfficientIP . Many such attacks come from low-level criminals , but as telcos can be a gateway into many different businesses , there ’ s also an increasing number of sophisticated attackers at work .
Q . HOW HAVE THESE CYBERATTACKS AFFECTED THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ?
» There ’ s a growing awareness of just how inseparable telecoms are from the public services the world relies on every day . Governments now quite rightly
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