We focus on cybersecurity
Poczta Polska concluded a contract with Comcert SA (Asseco Group), the main provider of cyber security services. The security of services provided and customer satisfaction is the priority.
Along with the development and improvement of new technologies and security systems, the number of cases, but also techniques used by cyber criminals, increases. From May 2021, the post office registered almost 500 entries regarding suspicious email, SMS messages and messages impersonating the postal operator. Cybercriminals also sent over 300 fake email to employees of Poczta Polska. They used an intimidation method, which consisted in sending information about the allegedly infected and hacked laptop/computer/device with the threat of providing sensitive data in the event of not receiving payment from the recipient of the message, there were attempts to extort subsidies for shipments by lining to the post office.
Cybercriminals on the web threaten business losses even the largest players on the market. Attacks are aimed at both clients and postal workers. The postal operator must meet the highest security standards provided services, because this is of great social and business importance. That is why the post office decided to strengthen their cyber security team and invest in technologies that protect IT systems.
- We are one of the largest companies in Poland, we employ over 70,000 employees, we have over 7.6 thousand branches, 40,000 stationary devices, 20 thousand tablets. Our ICT systems that support our work are extremely extensive and can provoke cyber attacks. Awareness of the threat affects the need to increase the level of security throughout the entire organization. As part of the activities carried out, we also ensure that the processing process of shipments has, in the entire chain of delivery of correspondence (traditional and digital) contained: integrity, confidentiality and undeniable. The post office as a result of cooperation with Comcert SA will update the rules and perform tests confirming their activities - says Tomasz Zdzikot, President of the Board of Poczta Polska SA.
The post office has established cooperation with the main provider of COMCERT SA cybersecurity services (Asseco Group). The Poczta Polska contract with Comcert SA includes support services in the field of security Operation Operation Center (SOC), trainings and advanced services, under which Comcert SA will conduct post -infrastructure safety tests.
Comcert SA has been a Polish company operating on the market since 2011, especially recognized in the area of CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) on the market of enterprises and institutions, not related to any telecommunications operator. He specializes in identifying threats and incidents in cyberspace, creating and raising the competences of reacting teams (CERT, SOC) and support of customers in situations of danger or violation of their security.
- We are at a special moment in the digital transformation of Poczta Polska, which implements strategic digital projects with social coverage. Our client has a specific vision not only of his digital services, but also cyber security. The possibility of cooperation in such an environment is for us both a distinction and a commitment to provide professional services at the highest level - comments Krzysztof Dyki, president of Comcert SA.
Digitization is a strategic direction of post development, which has been undergoing business transformation for several years in connection with the progress of ICT technology and a change in consumer preferences. Poczta Polska is consistently building and expanding its competences. It already provides a number of digital services, and due to the company's scale, the systems have are one of the largest in Poland.