During 2017, 123,064 cybersecurity incidents were registered in Spain, almost 70% of citizens have experienced problems with their computer security, mostly related to spam and malware .It is the data handled by the National Cybersecurity Institute (Incibe).The Internet has expanded our world to unknown limits, but it has also demolished some walls that kept us safe. This is Incibe and thus reinforces our cybersecurity.
RelatedWhat is INCIBE
Collecting data is not the main task of Incibe.The more than 120,000 incidents were not only recorded, but were resolved by this center.Its main function is to "strengthen digital trust, increase cybersecurity and resilience and contribute to digital market so as to promote the safe use of cyberspace in Spain ", as indicated in its normative document.
It is an agency under the Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda.From the Incibe, cybersecurity research is promoted, services are provided and agents with competences in digital security are coordinated, according to its website, this The institute also seeks to boost the ICT sector, support citizens in cybersecurity and generate knowledge about it.
To this end, Incibe has a number of agencies and centers to address different aspects of cybersecurity:
- Certsi, or Security and Industry CERT .It is the main Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in Spain.Its task is to prevent, mitigate and respond to cyber incidents in companies and operators of critical infrastructure, as well as for citizens.Certsi smokes in situations such as the ransomware WannaCry attack a little over a year ago.
- OSI, or Office of Internet Security .In relation to the user, information is the best tool to deal with cybersecurity threats.OSI seeks to adopt good habits of security, contribute to the user's awareness of their own responsibility and minimize the number and impact of incidents.
- Protect your company .This platform is similar to the OSI, but with the aim of helping organizations make safe use of technologies and internet.It includes informative, training and analysis tools , as well as the catalog of registered threats.
Functions of the National Cybersecurity Institute
A cybersecurity course for SMEs and freelancers.An international meeting for information security.The Cybersecurity Summer BootCamp for state security forces.Advocacy applications such as Hackend and Cyberscouts.Cybersecurity reports and surveys. Action plans for the future .All of them are tools and initiatives developed under the Incibe umbrella.
This institute focuses its work on four major fields:
- Provision of cybersecurity services , both prevention and reaction.
- Research promotion to generate innovation and knowledge in cybersecurity.
- Promotion and detection of talent in industry and academia.
- Strengthening national and international coordination to achieve faster action.
Although Incibe's work seeks to improve the general levels of cybersecurity, it focuses on four specific groups.A good part of the efforts go to companies and professionals , especially attention to strategic and critical sectors such as energy plants, telecommunications centers or financial markets.In addition, it seeks to improve the training and tools of experts in security .
On the other hand, through the OSI, Incibe provides free information and support services for citizens .Children, youth, families and educators take special attention and count with a specific program called Internet Safe for Kids (IS4K).
These are the tools of INCIBE
Over the past few years, the National Cybersecurity Institute has developed a multitude of tools, from its own services to platforms for SMEs and self-employed, through a multitude of courses and training activities.These are some of the main tools of Incibe:
- Antibotnet .This service collects information to know about the existence of a botnet .These remotely controlled computer networks can be used to send spam , DDOS attacks or spreading viruses.It focuses on detecting and alerting systems that are based on a botnet .
- AntiRansomware .This service supports an attack by ransomware , with special attention to the business sector.Provides help to detect the attack and resolve it and recommends that deal with possible extortion.
- Risk analysis .The free tool of self-diagnosis of Incibe allows professionals, SMEs and large companies to make an initial evaluation of cyber risk depending on which technologies are used.
- Security policies for SMEs. As a guide, Incibe has a series of materials with good security practices for SMEs.They explain how to act and work to reduce risk.employer and employees and cover from how to use the company's smartphone to how to work in the cloud.
- Cybersecurity catalogs. They are a series of databases updated with the data of the companies that provide security services, the available solutions and the Incibe publications.
Information is power. More than a third of cybersecurity incidents are the product of human failures.Not of malicious attacks from abroad.It occurs because we do not have adequate training.Therefore, good part of the Incibe tools are intended to inform and instruct.For example, the Awareness Kit is an information package prepared for companies to train their employees.In addition, the institute organizes face-to-face workshops, online courses for self-employed and small businesses and develops training apps and even role-playing games on cybersecurity.
The 123,064 incidents registered by Certsi in 2017 represent an increase of 6.77% compared to 2016.From the Incibe, they consider that these numbers could be reduced (or at least slow their increase) with one more society and better formed .Thus, in the 2018 Action Plan, it is specified that the institute will allocate 65% of the budget to cybersecurity, dissemination and awareness services.In round numbers, about 17 million euros.
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