Kaspersky: There Have Been More Than 50 Million Cyber ​​Incidents Due to BYOD Work Systems in Indonesia

Illustration of cell phones with viruses (photo: Kaspersky)

JAKARTA - Cyber ​​security trends in general encourage organizations to take a proactive position because they now have to protect themselves in conditions of rapid digitalization.

In Indonesia itself, several prominent cyber incidents were recorded last year targeting organizations ranging from banking, insurance, to government.

The latest Kaspersky research found that more than three-quarters or 77 percent of companies experienced at least one cyber incident in the last two years.

In addition, the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) era which has become popular in recent years means that employees often use personal devices to connect to the company network.

This can of course pose a serious security threat if the device does not have adequate protection against cyber attacks.

This year, Kaspersky's latest Telemetry in 2023 succeeded in detecting 51,261,542 local incidents on KSN participant computers in Indonesia.

This figure is down 9.21 percent compared to the same period in 2022 with 56,463,262 detections. This data also places Indonesia in 66th position globally.

Worms and file viruses account for most of these incidents. This data shows how often users are attacked by malware that spreads via removable USB drives, CDs and DVDs, and other “offline” methods.