Cyber Attacks Are Increasing Against Critical Infrastructure

Attacks against critical infrastructures are on the rise, and that's across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are designated in the US. And one of the biggest culprits, aside from cyber criminals, are actually foreign countries, and they're leveraging cyber attacks, including ransomware and malware wipers, to support foreign policy goals. We're seeing these supply chain attacks as well as a powerful capability to scale some of those malicious activities. And if you can imagine, you can hack one IT vendor, say SolarWinds, you may gain high-level access to thousands of critical organizations across the country. And that makes a lot of sense to the attackers. Commercial products, services, and even open source libraries are being targeted, and it is a highly efficient and effective move by the attackers, but it's not easy. And that's why we're actually seeing foreign governments have the resources to go after these impactful types of attacks.