Modern battles are not only fought on air, land and sea, but
also in cyberspace. Hostile forces are constantly trying to disrupt or damage
critical operations of a country and conduct cyber espionage to access
information that is vital to the government and military. Cyber-attacks can
originate from anywhere in the world and are inexpensive in nature, owing to
which adversary forces prefer to engage in cyber warfare techniques instead of
conventional warfare. These factors drive defense establishments across the
world to invest in instituting defensive capabilities against cyber-attacks.
Presently, the volume of cyber threats has increased manifold, which is evident
from several high profile incidents related to Petya/NotPetya and WannaCry
ransomware in the past few years.
According to Sourabh Banik, analyst at Publisher,
“One of the major factors driving the military cyber
security market is the dynamic nature of cyber threats, which warrants
persistent overwatch and spending in R&D by the authorities.”
Cyber-attacks with such malwares have resulted in financial
losses ranging in billions of dollars across the globe. Hackers are putting
extra efforts in discovering new avenues of cyber-attack by exploiting the
existing range of vulnerabilities and covering their tracks afterwards. The
growing threats of cyber-attacks are compelling governments across the world to
form effective cyber security frameworks to tackle such incidents. As such,
several countries are setting up computer emergency response teams (CERTs) on
departmental levels to defend their servers against cyber-attacks.
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