DISCOVER THE CYBERSECURITY TRENDS 2023
Preventing cybersecurity attacks from becoming military weapons
What forms of attacks can we
expect?
Some examples of expected attack
types:
Are there ways to prevent these
cyberattacks?
Control your cyber addiction
How do I do this?
Digital well-being
How can this be achieved?
Respect digital sobriety
How to integrate and respect
it?
Feminizing tech
What actions can be implemented?
Fundraising and state
subsidies to equip organizations with French cybersecurity, creation of new
training, the digital sector is becoming aware of the major role it occupies in
everyone's daily lives. In order not to be late, it is important to correctly
understand the cybersecurity trends and challenges of 2023.
Preventing cybersecurity attacks from becoming
military weapons
What forms of attacks can we expect?
In 2023, attacks,
ever more sophisticated, will continue to diversify and risk becoming real
military weapons.
Some examples of expected attack types:
The "BitB"
(Browser in the Browser): discovered in 2022, this form of phishing consists of
creating a fake browser pop-up window inside the real browser asking the user
to identify himself. In 2023, hackers will develop new formats to more easily
deceive their targets.
Smishing: these SMS
attacks are set to multiply and be more targeted following the increase in the
number of data spoofed in recent years.
By QR Code: a tool
widely adopted since the Covid crisis, it represents a new opportunity for hackers.
Not being secure, it can easily transmit viruses;
Ransomware:
widespread attack in 2022 with high profitability, hackers are led to
strengthen and diversify their formats to bypass the security solutions that
equip more and more organizations.
Today, hackers are
even penetrating companies and government bodies that have advanced levels of
security. The consequence for 2023? Hackers will attack larger and more secure
companies by focusing on the employee who represents the "weak link"
and more sensitive sectors such as energy, transport. The proof, recently, the
Thales group, specialized in defense and security, was the victim of a
cyberattack by Russian hackers.
Are there ways to prevent these cyberattacks?
There are indeed ways
to prevent cyberattacks. These best practices should be integrated into the
daily life of the company.
Be extra vigilant
Get informed and stay
alerted
Equip yourself to
protect yourself
Training to
prepare
Control your cyber addiction
In 2021, 80% of email
security solutions on the French market were those of two American giants,
Microsoft and Google (2022 study by Markess by Exaegis). And yet, eight out of
ten IT/IS decision-makers say that digital sovereignty is important for their
business (Jamespot study, October 2022).
If the government
wanted to strengthen the cybersecurity of French organizations with sovereign
solutions, notably via the France Recovery plan, Europe has rather regressed in
this area with the abandonment of the Cloud Act. In this context, end-users
must become moderators and limit their digital trace. Awareness of the latter,
awareness and education in digital tools will be a real challenge in the coming
years to recover a form of digital freedom.
How do I do this?
Thanks to its 100%
French solutions, Mailinblack helps you control your cyber addiction. Indeed,
its first solution, Protect, protects your professional mailboxes from
cyberattacks and the second, Cyber Coach, trains your employees to face cyber
threats through concrete simulations.
Digital well-being
The health crisis and
its successive lockdowns have increased dependence on the Internet. The Digital
Report 2022 Global Overview (in partnership with We Are Social and Hootsuite)
notes that 6 hours and 58 minutes per day are spent on the web, representing
more than 40% of waking time. The IPSOS study of February 2022 also shows
worrying results: 53% of children say that their consumption of screens has
increased.
Other alarming
figures: 43% of children who surf online report headaches and 42% of them
difficulty falling asleep. Finally, 43% of children aged 0 to 2 already use the
Internet. These figures confirm that education in digital tools must be carried
out from an early age and that children, as well as their parents, must be made
more aware of the consequences of digital technology on physical and mental
health.
The work environment,
where the French spend most of their time, will also have to adapt to better
respect the employee's right to disconnect and facilitate the use of their
daily digital tools.
How can this be achieved?
To achieve this
digital well-being, it is necessary to put in place practices to achieve this
goal.
Right to
disconnect
Work with serenity
(block newsletters, spam...)
Mental clean-up
Respect digital sobriety
The term
"digital hygiene" must be democratized and become a strategic focus
of organizations. Better use of digital tools will reduce parasitic
interactions and actions (same messages distributed on several platforms,
unwanted notifications, non-compliance with the "do not disturb"
status, etc.), educate on cyber risks and protect your data easily.
Training sessions
provide education on the various actions to be implemented to preserve
employees' mental health, improve productivity and reduce the environmental
impact of digital technology. The latter was also the subject of a law adopted
by the French government, a world first. It aims to better measure its impact,
control its footprint, support responsible initiatives and make digital
technology a real tool for the ecological transition.
Software design will
be a strategic focus to meet the various challenges of 2023. It allows, on the
one hand, to design the tools in an ecological way: thanks to better encoding,
the software requires less memory and consumes less energy. On the other hand,
the choice of materials and engineering design can prevent planned obsolescence
and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during manufacturing. Finally, the user
experience must be reviewed taking into account the mental health of the user
to preserve it. To achieve this effectively, stimulate creativity and increase
performance, organizations will need to foster diverse teams, both by gender
and life course.
How to integrate and respect it?
Respect digital
hygiene gestures
Pedagogy and
awareness are required
Feminizing tech
While the proportion
of women in the digital sector has increased in recent years, it remains far
from parity (17% in 2022 compared to 12% in 2018, according to the Gender Scan
report of 2022). According to a survey conducted as part of the Web Summit
2022, 67% of women working in tech feel they are being paid unfairly compared
to their male counterparts. More worryingly, 49.5% of them have experienced
sexist acts or remarks in the workplace in the last twelve months and 46% do
not feel respected in their role by their peers.
Not to mention that
the shortage of manpower and the lack of diversity in teams are a major
obstacle to the development of start-ups and scale-ups in France.
What actions can be implemented?
The actions that can
be implemented are:
Digital education
from an early age in schools
Destigmatization of
the sector
Highlighting women in
the media to inspire future generations
Flexibility at work
to arrange schedules according to family rhythm
Remuneration in line
with skills and valuation in the same way as men
To encourage women to
join the sector, several actions can be put in place. Among them: digital
education from an early age in schools; the destigmatization of the sector as
"hooded geeks" in the collective imagination; highlighting women in
the media to inspire future generations; greater flexibility at work to arrange
schedules according to family rhythm; finally, remuneration in line with the skills
and the position held, valued in the same way as men.
For example,
Mailinblack actively participates in the hackers' circle as well as local Girls
tech day initiatives.
Did these trends help
you see more clearly? Do not hesitate to watch the replay of our webinar on the
subject.