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Cybersecurity VS Hackers

In today's remote and virtual environment, the exposure of people and companies to hacking has increased dramatically. Leaving a great demand for the cybersecurity sector. And it is that within the industrialization, has been working for decades in bringing manual processes that required a certain number of people, to places where artificial intelligence is the priority.

Music, television and news all fit on a screen of less than six inches. And this was a product of technological innovation. Banking, transportation, food and health services are now demanded remotely and all the information that is shared is stored on a server or servers that structure the data cloud. While in the industrial sector, machines, materials and deliveries are programmed.

And given the constant creativity of human beings, the challenge will be to avoid hacking, theft of information and money. Virtual hackers have not only hacked financial institutions or impersonated people, but also kidnapped information and demanded ransom for its release. We have recently learned of two cases: the first is that of Colonial Pipelineone of the largest gas distribution companies in the U.S., and the second was to JBSa company dedicated to meat production. Colonial Pipeline jeopardized the supply of gas fuel in several states through which its pipeline passes.

Cybersecurity companies

But on the bright side, there are companies associated with the cybersecurity sector that today are strengthening the technological environment, preventing these attacks. Companies such as Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR), ETF's how (BUG) o (IHAK), offer tactical and diversified alternatives with long-term strategies specialized in cybersecurity.

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