SAPanoptikum September 2016


Ransomware is a highly topical threat.
"What many people don't know: Ransomware can also be a diversionary tactic or part of a larger campaign. Even after the blackmailers' demands have been met, there is no guarantee that data will not be manipulated in the background. Sometimes entire processes are manipulated without the user noticing.
The threats will continue in the direction of sabotaging production processes and jeopardizing the integrity of production systems"
predicts Markus Maybaum.
With more than 20 years of experience in software engineering and IT security, he now conducts research at the Fraunhofer Institute FKIE in the Cyber Analysis & Defense department and supports the international military organization NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD COE) in Tallinn as an ambassador. He is a speaker at the IT & Information Security Strategy Summit in Berlin.