Tokyo police began taking steps to fight against cyber attack by automatically detecting probable threats or virus, and sharing them online via a secured server. About 100 companies whose offices – such as railways operators, airlines, financial institutions, telecommunication services – situate around Tokyo participated in the said project. These companies all have key infrastructure and advanced technology.
Companies can gain access to the information even if they are not under attack. While the sharing strategy has strong proponents, others believe that sharing threat intelligence does nothing to protect against the next attack.This plan of action hopes that information sharing will eventually lead to predictive analytics that will help combat future attacks.
Vocabulary:
probable – possible
proponent – supporter, advocate
intelligence – collection of information
predictive – relating to or having the effect of predicting an event or result
analytics – the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
True or False:
- Tokyo police began taking steps to fight against cyber attack.
- About 100 BPO companies participated in the said project.
- Companies can gain access to the information upon request.
- This plan of action hopes that information sharing will eventually lead to predictive analytics that will help combat future attacks.
- Others believe that information sharing can’t help protect companies against future attacks.
Express your opinion:
- Do we really need to care about cyber crime? Please explain your answer.
- Do you think people are scared of cyber-attacks? Why or why not?
- Do you think all computer users are aware of the impact of a virus attack?
- How can cyber attack be stopped by a simple individual?
- How can companies prevent cyber crimes?
Defend your argument:
- Cyber crime is as serious as any other crime.
- All individuals and organisations connected to the internet are vulnerable to cyber attack.