BANGALORE: Although the frequency of a cybersecurity attack on a large scale is low, by 2018, 40 percent of large enterprises will have formal plans to address aggressive cybersecurity business disruption attacks, up from zero percent in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Business disruption attacks require new priority from chief information security officers and business continuity management leaders, since aggressive attacks can cause prolonged disruption to internal and external business operations.

"Gartner defines aggressive business disruption attacks as targeted attacks that reach deeply into internal digital business operations with the express purpose of widespread business damage," said Paul Proctor, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "Servers may be taken down completely, data may be wiped and digital intellectual property may be released on the Internet by attackers. Victim organizations could be hounded by media inquiries for response and status, and government reaction and statements may increase the visibility and chaos of the attack. Employees may not be able to fully function normally in the workplace for months. These attacks may expose embarrassing internal data via social media channels — and could have a longer media cycle than a breach of credit card or personal data."

To combat these types of attacks, CISOs must pivot approaches from blocking and detecting attacks, to detecting and responding to attacks. 

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