The gaming industry has become extremely popular in the past few years. Because of the lockdowns enforced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, people had found the perfect blend of entertainment and social connections packed in online games. 

In fact, gaming accounts for the largest share of market revenue. The online global gaming market had produced a staggering revenue of 21.1 billion US dollars with a record of 21.9 percent growth that can be accounted to the pandemic. The one billion online gaming audience is projected to grow to 1.1 billion by 2025!

What this means is that cyber-attacks on games have also been rampant in the recent years. Even larger, influential companies fell victim to these security attacks. One of Sony’s flagship games was attacked last year with a massive DDoS attack. And in the June of 2021, attackers hacked the gaming giant EA Games, and managed to steal the source code for many games.    

Cybercriminals are posing great threats to gamers and game manufacturers, and cyber security has never been as crucial as it’s right now. Here's how cyber security protects your game's image.

Cyber Threats are Critical for Gamers’ Data
Attackers and cybercriminals greatly covet the vast amounts of data that gaming platforms are in have. Such precious data should be protected at all costs by the gaming industry by making the platforms secure for the gamers.

Personally identifiable information and the gamers' credit card information are all of the data that these attackers are after. The impact of breach in customer data can lead to severe consequences.

Companies are at Risk
While gamers are vulnerable to disclosure of sensitive data, gaming companies are also threatened by reputation and financial losses. There’s no room for error as the gaming industry has to comply with international standards like the global PCI DSS, which demands that customer credit card details must be secure and the GDPR, which gives authorities the power to fine the non-compliant companies.

Consumer trust is probably the most crucial, and breach in security of assets and identities can cause irreparable damage to customer loyalty.   

Cyber Threats can Harm the Gaming Industry
People indulge in games for recreational and entertainment purposes. However, if gaming companies don't tackle or resolve these risks, they can cause the massive gaming audience to dwindle away, leading to millions of dollars of losses. Even the most avid-gamers will shy away from gaming if it comes at a risk of their financial safety and reputation.

The only solution for this is that gaming companies make cyber security their priority. It’s high time that game developers embed cyber security into the networks, software, and hardware with security controls and strong authentication to prevent private data theft, fraud, unauthorised access, piracy, loss of profits, and stealing of intellectual property.

At Lean Security, we offer the  services of our experienced team in penetration testing services to ensure security, network vulnerability assessment, web application security, vulnerability assessment and more. We aim to provide utmost security to all players and secure the assets of gamers, while protecting the integrity of game developers.

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