https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/04/report-under-resourced-people-face-higher-average-cyber-risks/156411/
By Brandi Vincent
Staff Correspondent
NextGov
April 18, 2019
Mobile devices and the internet are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in
American society, offering more connectivity than ever before.
But as those technologies grow more prevalent, researchers say a new divide is
emerging between people who can identify and mitigate possible cybersecurity
threats and those who cannot.
‘Underserved’ people—including foreign language speakers, senior citizens, and
low-income residents—face “higher-than-average risks” of falling victim to
cyber attacks compared to their better-served counterparts, according to a
report released this week by the University of California, Berkeley Center for
Long-Term Cybersecurity.
“This cybersecurity gap is a new ‘digital divide’ that needs to be
addressed—with urgency—by the public and private sectors alike,” wrote Ahmad
Sultan, who led the study. “The report is intended to help city leaders
understand how they could better understand this issue in their own cities, and
how they might forge public-private partnerships to address cybersecurity
concerns at the system level.”
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