News broke today that ministers are failing to act with “a meaningful sense of purpose or urgency” in the face of a growing cyber threat to the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI), a parliamentary committee has warned. The joint committee on national security strategy said at a time when states such as Russia were expanding their capability to mount disruptive cyber-attacks, the UK’s level of ministerial oversight was “wholly inadequate”.
Israel Barak, Chief Information Security Officer at Cybereason:
Beyond power generation, there are significant localized effects a hacker can create by going after sewage/water treatment, industrial chemical production, or the transportation system. As it stands right now, public-private partnerships are the lynchpin of keeping critical infrastructure safe. More often than not, security measures come in the form of recommendations rather than edicts from the government and it is up to each individual provider to adopt or ignore. Strengthening that connection and creating a real understanding within the private sector of the real risk they face is key to building a more resilient sector.”
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