Cybersecurity is a very important feature of any company. The companies that are aware of its value are continuously striving to strengthen their security. Many of them have realized how crucial cybersecurity is during the COVID-19 situation. According to IDG Research, 25% of companies have fallen victim to cyberattacks during the pandemic.

COVID-19 was an a sudden and unexpected crisis, companies were forced to reduce or modify their activities at short notice, so there was no opportunity to take precautions and evaluate the most appropriate security measures. However, it has raised awareness about the importance of a good cybersecurity structure and the best strategies for preventing attacks. Artificial Intelligence can certainly be of great help in foreseeing future threats, intervening more quickly than any human being and thus outstripping cyber-criminals.

These solutions require further investment and specialists capable of implementing them. Although AI is in itself very effective, if combined with human expertise and action, it can offer even better results. To achieve good cybersecurity, we must work together.

Helping companies improve their Internet security tools is a primary objective, in fact the Digital Plan 2025 promoted by the State, seeks to gather around 20,000 specialists in cyber security, artificial intelligence and data to meet this objective.

At BISITE our objective is to help companies and to train specialists, that’s why we have designed the Master’s Degree in Internet Security, which will teach you about cyber-intelligence, forensic analysis, blockchain or SIEM.

You can get a 25% discount if you are one of the first students to enrol in the Master in Cybersecurity at the University of Salamanca .

 

 

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.