After the shocking news that JP Morgan and other financial institutions were attacked by cyber hackers this summer, new protocols are being made by the FBI. The government has decided to rank these virtual attacks as just as important as Russian incursions into Ukraine or attacks by the Islamic State. With the absence of physical violence, these cyber terrorists, as some like to call them, don’t seem as threatening as other US opposition but they could be more dangerous. The US government seem to think so and they are making new rules on how to tackle it.
There have always been safe guards in place where high digital security is involved but it appears now that it is actually no match for a good old security guard. Computers can do amazing things but they always follow a set pattern. Hackers can learn from this pattern and develop ways to break it. What we are starting to see now, as I understand it, is having actual people follow the routes of cyber attackers and act as detectives. Where there was once just a computer guard firewall to keep people out, now we have the addition of our own people following up on these attempted break-ins and chasing the perpetrators, all from behind a computer screen.
As I always say, youth is no guarantee of innovation. The latest “artificial intelligence” sounds impressive with all it’s predicted stats and figures but is it really a replacement for old fashioned know how? I would suggest it is just a tool to be used by the trained professional. Adopting new technology to optimize workflow has always been a big thing as Sukay & Associates. Even the small things, where would we be without email for example? But our great trust and reputation comes not from our acceptance of new practices but our long worked and hard earned experience. My favorite saying is possibly “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get other appliances and additions to build on that working success. Just don’t get replacements.
