The world’s attention is now focused on the Arab world’s first global football tournament, which begins on Sunday, November 20, but malicious actors have already begun their World Cup-themed cyberattacks.

Risks to digital safety are everywhere, there are steps to protect yourself and family. Ms. Mahalik developed the SANS Security Awareness curriculum for #SecureTheFamily with advice on securing personal devices, data and families safe online.

According to FortiGuard Labs statistics, average weekly ransomware activity was more than tenfold higher in June 2021 than a year ago. Over the course of a year, this shows a continuous and overall steady increase.

“In operational environments, security and risk management leaders should be more concerned about real world hazards to humans and the environment, rather than information theft,” said WamVoster, senior research director at Gartner.