The issues of protecting digital infrastructure and preventing new methods of cyber-attacks gained particular relevance following the results of the third Russia-Africa economic and humanitarian summit and forum. "We are seeing a fundamental change in the nature of cyber threats. If in the past the main goal of the attackers was to disable information resources, today attacks are more and more aimed at destroying the systems themselves, interfering with their operation and exploiting technological vulnerabilities," said the advisor to the President of Russia Anton Kubyakov. Additional risks involve the spread of artificial intelligence tools that automate the search for vulnerabilities, create malicious code and develop attack scenarios. At the same time, artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly being used by information security experts. Read more Roscongress.

The issues of protecting digital infrastructure and preventing new methods of cyber-attacks gained particular relevance following the results of the third Russia-Africa economic and humanitarian summit and forum. "We are seeing a fundamental change in the nature of cyber threats. If in the past the main goal of the attackers was to disable information resources, today attacks are more and more aimed at destroying the systems themselves, interfering with their operation and exploiting technological vulnerabilities," said the advisor to the President of Russia Anton Kubyakov. Additional risks involve the spread of artificial intelligence tools that automate the search for vulnerabilities, create malicious code and develop attack scenarios. At the same time, artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly being used by information security experts. Read more Roscongress.