CYBER PATROL When it comes to finding a target for a cyberattack, hackers appear to consider what targets are most vulnerable rather than the most lucrative. That’s what findings from British cybersecurity provider Indusface seem to suggest, which surveyed 2,200 respondents from 16 different industries to discover which sector has experienced the most cyber attacks, as well as which type of cyber attacks are the most common among businesses. Altogether, a full half of U.K. businesses have experienced a cyber attack, and the sector that experienced the most was Education, at 78 percent. The next most attacked sector was Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (68 percent). Conversely, the least attacked sector was Financial Services (26 percent), presumably the most lucrative target for hackers and bad actors. Not surprisingly, Idusface found that just 32 percent of Education organizations actively invest in cyber security training for employees, compared to the 85 percent of financial services firms that actively invest in cybersecurity training. Of course, the Indusface researchers looked at frequency of attacks and not the value of impacted assets or dollar value of the damage done, which also presumably is higher per financial services attack. Incidentally, email hacking was the most common form of cyber attack. The Most and Least Cyber-Attacked Sectors 10 Sectors Experiencing the Most Cyber Attacks Rank Sector % Attacked 1 Education 78% 2 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation 68% 3 Accommodation and Food 67% 4 Real Estate Activities 58% 5 Health and Social Care 52% 6 IT and Communications 51% 7 Retail and Wholesale 50% 8 Construction 49% 9 Other Services 47% 10 Public Sector and Defence 46% 5 Sectors Experiencing the Least Attacks Rank Sector % Attacked 1 Financial Services 26% 2 Admin and Support 31% 3 Professional and Technical 32% 4 Transport 41% 4 Manufacturing 41% T-Mobile has introduced a SIM-based SASE (secure access service edge) solution, a network management and ZTNA (zero trust network access) platform that’s also the nation’s first solution to offer customers a secure network slice dedicated to SASE traffic, said the company. The solution will be available by the end of the year. “These industry-first components are designed to help make it easier than ever for organizations to protect corporate data and network resources from nearly anywhere,” said T-Mobile executives. According to T-Mobile, softwarebased security solutions can pose some risks and can leave room for improvement compared to hardwarebased security solutions. For example, traditional, software-based SASE offers protection when client software is downloaded onto devices and configured. This is a heavy administrative lift for IT departments and can potentially leave some devices vulnerable, such as IoT hardware and routers. T-Mobile worked closely with Versa Networks to create T-SIMsecure — the SIM-based SASE solution that uses International Mobile Subscriber Identity and International Mobile Equipment Identity for clientless authentication. This hardware-based component means that devices connected to T-Mobile’s network are automatically authorized through the SIM card, simplifying the work for IT and security teams by reducing administrative complexity. Because the authorization is always on and pervasive, it helps protect devices that are unable to support traditional SASE software, such as IoT and routers. And devices that don’t have a T-Mobile SIM can still download and set up the SASE device client regardless of carrier or Wi-Fi network, said the solution announcement. As part of its SASE solution, T-Mobile also will offer T-Mobile Security Slice — the first network slice dedicated to a commercial offering in the U.S. Using new network management capabilities, T-Mobile’s 5G standalone (SA) network can be divided into multiple virtual networks — aka slices. Each slice can be set up separately, making it possible to isolate and customize them to meet the needs and requirements of specific application and service traffic, such as SASE. This gives T-Mobile SASE customers with 5G SA enabled devices advantages such as improved latency and faster speeds compared to Wi-Fi, LTE and 5G non-standalone — and an incremental layer of security and control, said T-Mobile. T-Mobile Unveils SIM-based SASE Solution 18 CHANNELVISION | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2023
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