{"id":238548,"date":"2024-04-02T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T01:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techwireasia.com\/?p=238548"},"modified":"2024-04-05T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:46:49","slug":"the-2024-cybersecurity-challenge-where-malaysia-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techwireasia.com\/04\/2024\/the-2024-cybersecurity-challenge-where-malaysia-stands\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity in Malaysia: A reality check on readiness and resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"
Malaysia is no stranger to the cybersecurity landscape, having been involved in and targeted by a significant number of cyberattacks and data leaks<\/a>. These incidents raise questions about the country’s readiness to face cyber threats within this evolving cybersecurity environment.<\/p>\n In Cisco’s 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index<\/a>, it is revealed that only two percent of organizations in Malaysia are classified at the ‘Mature’ level for readiness. This classification indicates robust resilience against the myriad of modern cybersecurity risks that today’s businesses face.<\/p>\n This critical assessment arrives at a time when hyperconnectivity defines our era, alongside a threat landscape that is rapidly evolving. Businesses are incessantly bombarded with sophisticated cyber threats, ranging from phishing and ransomware to supply chain attacks and social engineering tactics. Despite concerted efforts to fortify defenses against these onslaughts, many organizations are burdened by their complex security frameworks, which often consist of disparate point solutions.<\/p>\n The complications of defending against cyber threats are further amplified in today’s distributed work environment, where organizational data is dispersed across an infinite array of services, devices, applications, and user interfaces.<\/p>\n Yet, despite these daunting challenges, a surprising 85% of companies profess a moderate to a high level of confidence in their cybersecurity defenses, despite their actual state of preparedness. This stark disparity between perceived confidence and actual readiness points to a potentially dangerous overestimation of their cybersecurity capabilities and a failure to accurately gauge the magnitude of the threats they face.<\/p>\nThe 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index for Malaysia<\/h2>\n
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WHAT’S GOING ON WITH CYBER SECURITY IN MALAYSIA?<\/h4>