Complexity of IT and cyber defense systems

In an article published on their website on March 13, 2024, "cyber.malveillance.gouv.fr", the organization tasked with assisting companies, institutions, individuals and associations in the event of cyber-malware, issued a new alert: "France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) was the victim of a computer attack between February 06 and March 05, 2024, which led to the exfiltration of personal data...". We might think that it's easy to protect ourselves from this kind of cybercrime, but in reality, current events often prove the opposite. Our information assets are vulnerable, because they are complex and exposed to many forms of malicious intent. In practice, to carry out computer operations and processing, we need to combine numerous elements that are completely interwoven and complicated to secure. This complexity of "securing" our information assets depends, broadly speaking, on :...