QIAGEN
QIAGEN
: Prevention is better than cure
“ The threat landscape has definitely evolved in the past years . Attackers are ruthless and will take advantage of any oversight ”
DR DANIEL SCHATZ CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER , QIAGEN weaknesses or look like an easy target , cybercriminals will try to monetise this regardless of what business you are in . Today ’ s cybercriminals are not motivated by political agendas or activism , they simply look for their next big pay-out .
“ In light of the pandemic , and the recent Colonial Pipeline incident , there are ransomware services who tighten their Terms & Conditions to try and keep their ‘ Service ’ to be used against hospitals or critical infrastructure , but this is unlikely to protect a company like ours . Also , there is of course the question of how likely cybercriminals are to adhere to T & C ’ s .
“ There are , of course , threat actors who target industries and organisations for other reasons . Through our involvement in industry peer groups , government relations , and information exchanges like the Health-ISAC we ’ re keeping a close eye on developments in this space .”
“ Technology plays a big part in protecting QIAGEN , we try to understand where we are being exposed both internally and externally . We use attack surface monitoring to
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