{"id":11755,"date":"2023-01-16T20:09:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fumc.edu.co\/en\/?p=11755"},"modified":"2023-01-16T20:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:13:47","slug":"cybersecurity-a-fundamental-issue-in-the-era-of-business-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fumc.edu.co\/en\/cybersecurity-a-fundamental-issue-in-the-era-of-business-digital-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity, a fundamental issue in the era of business digital transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is not a secret that companies are increasingly entering the era of digital transformation, where important processes are based on information management through technological tools, which brings great advantages in terms of information availability, but requires Strengthen levels of security and confidentiality. According to Kaspersky Latin America, cybersecurity is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. It is also known as information technology security or electronic information security, which shows that a deficiency in the cybersecurity of any company puts the most valuable computer assets it possesses at risk.<\/p>\n

When reviewing the National Cyber \u200b\u200bSecurity Index (NCSI) report, Colombia ranks 65th in the global list that measures cybersecurity and according to Fortinet, in Latin America and the Caribbean a total of 137,000 attempted cyberattacks were registered in 2021. According to the Colombian Attorney General’s Office, there is the following report on the level of cyber attacks between 2020 and 2021:<\/p>\n

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The Colombian Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications has identified which are the crimes with the highest growth in 2021 in Colombia:<\/p>\n

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According to the cybernetic center of the national police during 2022 at the level of cities in Colombia there were 54,121 complaints for computer crimes distributed as follows:<\/p>\n

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In Colombia, situations have arisen that have compromised large organizations, one of the cases is that of Empresas Publicas de Medell\u00edn – EPM, where on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, it suffered a cyber attack that forced it to close its customer service offices. and request its officials to work from their homes as a preventive measure, although the provision of residential public services was not affected. Another important case occurred at the EPS Sanitas at the end of November 2022, which affected the operation of the website, preventing users from accessing appointments and certified medications. (The Republic, December 2022).<\/p>\n

Companies looking to improve cybersecurity in their computer processes not only focus on strengthening at a technical level but also at a cultural level. According to the February 2021 issue, Computer Weekly magazine refers to the importance of cybersecurity management by its employees in the following sentence: \u201cAn effective \u201chuman firewall\u201d can prevent or mitigate many of the threats that companies face. today\u201d and recommends taking into account seven elements that strengthen the culture of business cybersecurity:<\/p>\n