Core CSAN: Cyber Attacks Impair Society’s Central Nervous System
Digital processes are the ‘central nervous system’ of society, as they are indispensable to its uninterrupted functioning. Cyber attacks impair this central nervous system and this can ultimately lead to paralysis, as also noted in the Cybersecurity Assessment Netherlands (CSAN) 2020. COVID-19 has accelerated the digitisation of processes, including in healthcare and education. The digital and the physical world are increasingly interlinked and it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish between the two. There are hardly any processes left without a digital component.