By C.Vinoothene
SINGAPORE, April 23 (Bernama) — Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky is adopting cyber immunity as a new strategic approach to combat cybercrime.
Kaspersky’s latest research found that 73 per cent of cybersecurity professionals view cyber immunity as an effective strategy to prevent cybercriminals from penetrating networks and compromising systems.
Its managing director, Adrian Hia said that this new cyber awareness can help companies to grow without the fear of attacks.
“Companies are converging their operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) systems, yet this can be a challenge in building cyber resilience.
“If we have a way to be immune to malware attacks as well as ransomware attacks, then we do not have to worry so much about cybersecurity anymore,” he said during Kaspersky’s press conference at GITEX Asia 2025, here today.
The findings from the research include nearly 850 cybersecurity professionals from the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East, Turkiye, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Russia.
Kaspersky stated that cyber immunity is initially defined as a concept of IT and OT systems which are secure by design due to a specific development methodology and architectural requirements.
This inherent resilience against cyberattacks minimises the costs associated with external cybersecurity solutions.
Hia stressed that cyber immunity takes time and can be achieved in a few stages.
“Cyber immunity won’t happen overnight — it will be implemented in stages. But any company undergoing digitalisation should prioritise cyber immunity from the start.
“We believe that the evolution of cybersecurity will ultimately lead to a state of cyber immunity,” he said.
Kaspersky joins GITEX Asia as the Cyber Immunity partner and will host a dedicated Kaspersky Cyber Immunity Conference at the exhibition venue tomorrow.
This event will feature insights from industry experts discussing the IT and OT convergence, the cyber immunity approach and other cybersecurity topics.
GITEX Asia, part of the GITEX GLOBAL network, is regarded as the world’s largest technology exhibition and startup event.
It is held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from April 23 to 25.
-- Bernama
BERNAMA provides up-to-date authentic and comprehensive news and information which are disseminated via BERNAMA Wires; www.bernama.com; BERNAMA TV on Astro 502, unifi TV 631 and MYTV 121 channels and BERNAMA Radio on FM93.9 (Klang Valley), FM107.5 (Johor Bahru), FM107.9 (Kota Kinabalu) and FM100.9 (Kuching) frequencies.
Follow us on social media :
Facebook : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatv, @bernamaradio
Twitter : @bernama.com, @BernamaTV, @bernamaradio
Instagram : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatvofficial, @bernamaradioofficial
TikTok : @bernamaofficial
