Special Report: Nation-State Cyber Attacks
Special Report: Nation-State Cyber Attacks
March 18, 2022
The crisis in Ukraine has brought many poignant and sobering realizations to the world at large. One of those realizations is that cyber warfare is now one of the primary tools of the modern global military. This is evidenced by the fact that several news outlets have reported that immediately after the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out, suspected Russian-sourced cyber-attacks were observed at an increase of over 800%.
We asked Larry Carson, Associate Director, Information Security Management, to help us breakdown some key tactics and terminology that we may have heard swirling around news coverage recently.
- What is a nation-state cyber-attack?
- What is the purpose of cyberwarfare?
- Are nation-state cyber-attacks really to be feared?
- What are the implications of such nefarious activities for UBC?
- What role do faculty and staff at UBC play in preventing a cyber attack on the university?
- How can faculty and staff utilize their fundamental information security training in their everyday lives?
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Here are some timely security reminders and recommendations:
- Consult with your IT contact about how to adjust your email client settings so that all images and links in messages are disabled by default
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) software approved by the CISO must be implemented on all computers and servers as per UBC’s Information Security Standard U7
- Install security updates, or patches as soon as they are released by vendors and applications
- Review phishing reminders and multi-factor authentication resources on the Privacy Matters @ UBC website:
- If you need assistance with any of these reminders, please know that representatives from the Privacy and Information Security Team are available to drop by your department or faculty to answer any of your security-based questions. Simply message privacy.matters@ubc.ca to schedule a session.
- Please also take advantage of the Cybersecurity Services section (CWL login required) from the UBC Self Service Portal to request support for Cybersecurity services