Control Risks and Google announce partnership for cybersecurity training in Brazil

A Control Risks, global consultancy specialising in risk management for more than 30 years in Brazil, announced on Monday (26), a partnership to offer account security training sessions for high-risk users in Brazil. The aim is to increase awareness and resilience against cyber threats. 

The programme will focus on audiences who often deal with sensitive information and are attractive targets for cybercriminals, as government institutions, civil servants and election campaigns, political, journalists, executives and NGOs, Especially in a context where the country recorded 60 billion attempted cyber attacks last year., According to data from FortiGuard Labs, intelligence and threat analysis laboratory. 

The announcement was made at Google headquarters., in São Paulo. On the occasion, The platform also presented the project for the reform of the Technological Research Institute (IPT)., which will house the new Engineering Centre and will have, yet, with the first space dedicated to assistive technologies in Latin America. 

During the event Control Risks also presented the Advanced Protection Program and the Shield Project, two Google initiatives aimed at strengthening the online security of individuals and organizations

This is Lucas Silva., Director of Control Risks,highlighted the importance of the partnership: Our goal is to provide training and support so that these most vulnerable groups can protect their accounts and information against cyberattacks. We believe in the importance of education and awareness as a way to strengthen digital security in Brazil.

During the event, the director of Research and Partnerships for Latin America at Google, This is Luciana Cordeiro., emphasised the relevance of collaborations with companies to educate the ecosystem on the cybersecurity tools already available, Besides, of course., continuous improvement of the mechanisms. ⁇ Education is a method of democratizing these tools, especially to groups more prone to virtual attacks, highlighted

In 2023, X-Force has seen attackers increasingly invest in operations to obtain user identities., with a 266% increase in information-stealing malware.That's why, Silva explains that, in this first moment, The focus of the project is the advanced protection program focused on election campaigns. Our aim is to provide election campaigns, state parties and organizations the best practices and tools to protect their digital operations during and after the electoral period in Brazil

Control Risks will provide training courses on the use of security keys and train the most vulnerable groups to use the protection tools and resources provided by Google. Currently Brazil is the second country in the world with the highest number of hacker attacks and we believe in education and awareness, especially in the face of growing challenges in the cyber threat landscape, as ways to change this scenario , he claims