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CYBERSECURITY BLOG ARTICLE BV

La Cybersécurité: risques et enjeux mondiaux

mai. 26 2021

Selon le Forum économique mondial (WEF), la cybercriminalité représente un risque majeur pour la prospérité mondiale dans le cadre de la quatrième révolution industrielle. Elle a un impact sur tous les acteurs, des particuliers et des entreprises aux infrastructures critiques et aux gouvernements. Outre les dommages directs, la cybercriminalité constitue un énorme obstacle à la confiance numérique, ce qui compromet considérablement les avantages du cyber espace, accroît les inégalités et entrave les efforts de cyber stabilité internationale. 

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Cybercrime presents a major risk to global prosperity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It impacts everyone, from individuals and companies to critical infrastructure and governments. In addition to direct damages, cybercrime is an enormous barrier to digital trust, greatly undermining the benefits of cyberspace, increases inequality and hindering international cyber stability efforts. WEF reports that cybercrime remains one of the greatest threats to global prosperity, costing the global economy and estimated $2.9 million, every minute, in 2020.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Cybersecurity

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a complete shift in the global digital landscape for individuals, businesses and governments. There has been an exponential increase in the use of an ever-increasing range of digital tools and platforms, from video calls and collaborative tools to down-time activities such as shopping, streaming and gaming. The COVID-19 pandemic poses the risk of increased cyberattacks and hackers are targeting people's increased dependence on digital tools.

Cyber risk challenges resulting from the global public health crisis include:
●    An increase in threats and vulnerabilities due to the rapid adoption and integration of IT systems and networks.
●    The expansion of remote workforces contributing to the increase of these threats and vulnerabilities 
●    An expanding attack surface driven by rapid deployment of cloud services
●    Difficulty detecting and responding to threats due to security teams now being dispersed

Cybercriminals have proven highly adept at exploiting a crisis or global event and a digital ecosystem where the risk of getting caught remains very low and the potential returns are very high. Additionally, the profits from these malicious activities allow for continuous improvement in capabilities that often surpass the intensive cybersecurity investments made by government or corporate victims. 


Rising Demand For TIC Services In Cybersecurity

The importance of businesses and governments securing building their cyber resilience and securing themselves against cyberattack on this new COVID-19 world, has never been more critical. The rising demand in digital security and increasing complexity of new regulations have also driven a growing need for conformity assessments. As a result, there is a growing demand for Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) services for cybersecurity. 

Anticipating a rapid acceleration of the current momentum in the cybersecurity TIC market  demand in the coming years, Bureau Veritas has positioned itself to reinforce its position as a world-leading provider in testing, inspection, and certification, offering services and innovative solutions that ensure its clients’ assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility. 

In January 2021, Bureau Veritas announced an expansion of it best-in-class expertise to its cybersecurity conformity assessment services through its purchase of a majority stake in global cybersecurity specialist, Secura. The acquisition of Secura B.V. lays the cornerstone of the Bureau Veritas’ offering in cybersecurity services.


Bureau Veritas Services in Cybersecurity

Through Secura BV, Bureau Veritas provides security testing, audit, training and certification services covering people, organizations, and technology (networks, systems, applications and data). Linking cybersecurity to international standards, metrics and certification, the TIC experts provide audits and assessments based on ISO 27k and/or EC 62443, NIST SP 800-82 and ALARP (bottom-up), providing clients with a clear gap-analysis and baseline report for an improvement plan.

“Cybersecurity risks are growing for companies and individuals alike,” says Didier Michaud-Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of Bureau Veritas. “Personal and professional data and system protection have become a crucial challenge surrounding security, safety, and even business sustainability. This strategic alliance supports Bureau Veritas’ fast-paced development in the conformity assessment of non-physical assets. 

The company holds an extensive range of top-notch accreditations and licenses to offer security testing and certification services according to international standards and serves a diversified international client base in all sectors - focusing on technology, energy, industrial, automotive, financial, public and healthcare markets.