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STATISTICS OF ANTI-VIRUS LABS KASPERSKY AND MCAFEE: ARMENIA AMONG TOP-3 COUNTRIES WITH MOST VULNERABLE USERS AND WEBSITES
by Erik Abrahamyan
Tuesday, April 14, 14:06
Launching business not supported by technological solutions is
impossible today. To develop and remain up-to-date, business should be
backed by computer technologies. Talking to ArmInfo, Ruben Muradyan,
IT auditor at Ucom Company, explained: "if anyone having state power
decides to get data on you, he will do it, and there is no sense
in hiding. He is a professional, has money. You have no chances to
conceal anything."
It is not a secret that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is
tapping not only the U.S. but also foreign citizens. It is noteworthy
that other countries are well aware of the tapping mission and take no
measures to legally restrict NSA's actions. "The point is that these
are supra-national relationships, and NSA operates within the U.S.
laws. Nothing will change unless there are supra-national laws. I'd
like to say that data collection by security services is a positive
factor for the national security," he said.
In response to ArmInfo's question as to whether the Armenian networks
are vulnerable, Samvel Martirosyan, an expert in information security,
said: "To reveal how vulnerable are networks, it is necessary to
divide them into segments. For instance, the state network that
covers websites and internal local government networks is one of
the most vulnerable ones for any country. The given segment has been
well protected by the national security service of Armenia since 2009
and no serious incidents have been registered by present. Comparing
to Azerbaijan's network, ours is more protected. However, there is
a circumstance that cannot be neglected: we may not know about all
incidents, so our data will be based only on what we know. Hacker
attacks have decreased from several hundreds to several dozens
per month this year. Azerbaijanis attack on certain calendar days
and it appears to me that it is the calm before the storm. As for
vulnerability to viruses, attacks, and visit to inflected websites
(including pornographic ones), Kaspersky and McAfee anti-virus labs
say Armenia is usually among Top-3 countries with most vulnerable
users and websites."
It is noteworthy that Ucom Company organized a Media and Information
Security Conference on April 10- 11 ahead of the Armenian Genocide
Centennial. Mass media representatives, specialists in the information
and cyber security, bloggers and other experts attended the event held
under the project "Recognize 1915" (www.recognize1915.am). A public
awareness-raising instrument has been created under the project. It
enables everyone to add a banner telling about the Genocide of
Armenians to their e-mails and inform and remind their friends and
colleagues of the Genocide through e-correspondence.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=E05069F0-E28D-11E4-93250EB7C0D21663
by Erik Abrahamyan
Tuesday, April 14, 14:06
Launching business not supported by technological solutions is
impossible today. To develop and remain up-to-date, business should be
backed by computer technologies. Talking to ArmInfo, Ruben Muradyan,
IT auditor at Ucom Company, explained: "if anyone having state power
decides to get data on you, he will do it, and there is no sense
in hiding. He is a professional, has money. You have no chances to
conceal anything."
It is not a secret that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is
tapping not only the U.S. but also foreign citizens. It is noteworthy
that other countries are well aware of the tapping mission and take no
measures to legally restrict NSA's actions. "The point is that these
are supra-national relationships, and NSA operates within the U.S.
laws. Nothing will change unless there are supra-national laws. I'd
like to say that data collection by security services is a positive
factor for the national security," he said.
In response to ArmInfo's question as to whether the Armenian networks
are vulnerable, Samvel Martirosyan, an expert in information security,
said: "To reveal how vulnerable are networks, it is necessary to
divide them into segments. For instance, the state network that
covers websites and internal local government networks is one of
the most vulnerable ones for any country. The given segment has been
well protected by the national security service of Armenia since 2009
and no serious incidents have been registered by present. Comparing
to Azerbaijan's network, ours is more protected. However, there is
a circumstance that cannot be neglected: we may not know about all
incidents, so our data will be based only on what we know. Hacker
attacks have decreased from several hundreds to several dozens
per month this year. Azerbaijanis attack on certain calendar days
and it appears to me that it is the calm before the storm. As for
vulnerability to viruses, attacks, and visit to inflected websites
(including pornographic ones), Kaspersky and McAfee anti-virus labs
say Armenia is usually among Top-3 countries with most vulnerable
users and websites."
It is noteworthy that Ucom Company organized a Media and Information
Security Conference on April 10- 11 ahead of the Armenian Genocide
Centennial. Mass media representatives, specialists in the information
and cyber security, bloggers and other experts attended the event held
under the project "Recognize 1915" (www.recognize1915.am). A public
awareness-raising instrument has been created under the project. It
enables everyone to add a banner telling about the Genocide of
Armenians to their e-mails and inform and remind their friends and
colleagues of the Genocide through e-correspondence.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=E05069F0-E28D-11E4-93250EB7C0D21663