A summary of the original feature published by news outlet El Español
In 2024, for the first time in Spain’s incident records, the logistics sector overtook the financial sector in the number of cyberattacks on essential operators, accounting for 24.6% of all incidents recorded by INCIBE, a 43% increase over the previous year. Globally, attacks on logistics companies have multiplied tenfold since 2021. This is the backdrop to the in-depth interview El Español published with SEUR’s Chief Information Security Officer..
In the piece, Firás Atassi, CISO of SEUR, explains how the rapid evolution of cybercrime, particularly the ransomware-as-a-service model, which according to ENISA concentrates almost 84% of incidents in the sector, drove the company to act. As part of the international group GEOPOST, SEUR recognized that its extensive network of interconnections and the critical volume of data it handles had made it a priority target.
According to the article, SEUR’s response was not simply to acquire new tools, but to rethink its entire cybersecurity function. The company transitioned from a reactive approach to a proactive one, structuring its capabilities around the three phases of a threat, before, during, and after, and aligning investment priorities with business objectives to guarantee operational continuity across its supply chain.
El Español reports that the transformation was organized around three interdependent pillars: a formal risk management framework aligned with ISO 27001 and ISO 27005; a new operational model built on governance, people, processes, and technology using the NIST framework; and a revised sourcing strategy including an evolution from EDR/SIEM toward MxDR/XSIEM for more centralized, automated, and scalable threat detection and response.
On the business case, the interview makes the numbers plain: the average cost of a breach in the sector stands at $4.4 million, and 60% of logistics companies that suffer an attack close within six months if unprepared. Beyond risk mitigation, achieving ISO 27001 certification and operating an advanced SOC is also a direct commercial differentiator in the B2B market.
The original article closes by spotlighting the role of Eraneos as the strategic partner behind this transformation.
Original story published at El Español
