Growing focus on Arctic puts Greenland at higher risk of cyber attacks: assessment

The growing international attention on the Arctic puts Greenland at an increased risk for cyber attacks, according to a recent threat assessment. “In the last few years there has been an increasing number of cyber attacks in Greenland – both cyber espionage and cyber crime. Therefore, this threat assessment is important for Greenland’s further work with cyber security.”Cyber espionage, cyber crime risks “very high”The Danish-language assessment, “The Cyber Threat to Greenland,” classified the threat of cyber espionage against Greenland as “very high” and says Russia and China’s increasing activity in the Arctic needs to be closely monitored. The assessment said Greenland’s risk of other types of cyber attacks such as cyber activism or cyber terrorism as either “low” or “none.”Greenland’s Agency for Digitisation, responsible for cyber and information security in Greenland, started cooperating with Denmark’s Centre for Cyber Security (CFCS), which advises government and private companies in Denmark on how to counter and prevent cyber attacks, in October. The move came after several serious cyber attacks in Greenland in recent years.