Colombia. Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, revealed in the report of the Cybersecurity Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean, that the vast majority of countries are not yet prepared to counter the threat of cybercrime.
According to the study, cybercrime (illicit use of equipment to promote or carry out illegal practices such as child pornography, theft of personal information or violation of association laws, defamations, etc.), costs the world about US $ 575,000 million a year, which represents 0.5% of the Gross Domestic Product, global GDP, that is, almost four times more than the annual amount of donations for international development.
Moreno argues in the study that in Latin America and the Caribbean, these types of crimes cost around US$90 billion a year, resources with which the number of scientific researchers in the region could quadruple.
He adds that Latin Americans are increasingly adopting new technologies with pleasure, showing that they are the fourth largest mobile market, as half of the population uses the Internet and governments increasingly use digital media to communicate and provide services to citizens.
However, it calls for the lack of strengthening in terms of prevention and mitigation of risks against criminal activity in cyberspace. It reported that four out of five countries do not have cybersecurity strategies or critical infrastructure protection plans.
Added to this, two out of three do not have a cybersecurity command and control center and most prosecutors lack the capacity to prosecute cybercrimes.
Challenges
Moreno said in the report that it is urgent to create a modern, robust and secure digital infrastructure, since the protection of citizens is a key element for development.
Undoubtedly, part of these consolidation and strengthening tools to combat cybercrime can be found from August 17 to 19 at the International Security Fair in Corferias, as this will be the center of solutions for all verticals of the security sector, where visitors and investors will learn about the latest technologies in the market and what companies, Households and government entities can implement to be part of the Latin American enthusiasm to combat cybercrime (computer security), also covering two strong fronts, such as physical security, labor and disaster prevention.
