Ciena®’s video How to Hack a Fiber in Minutes and How You Can Secure It, illustrates just how easy it is to extract data from a fiber optic network illegally. The risk to network infrastructure is further impacted by the surge in ransomware attacks – malware that spreads through networks and blocks data access through encryption until its released with a digital key – which have increased in cost by 266% since 2016. Approximately 2,673 ransomware complaints totaling $2.4 million in financial losses were recorded by the FBI in 2016, according to the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report.
Join TAG Infrastructure on Friday, September 22 at 300 Galleria Parkway, as we explore today’s network security challenges and solutions when we present: Network Security on the Edge, featuring cyber security experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ciena, Mandiant and Radware.
