The volume and severity of cyberattacks witnessed since the beginning of the pandemic has dispelled any hope that UK public sector organisations can avoid being targeted. Being resilient to inevitable attacks is, therefore, the only option. At New Statesman and Tech Monitor‘s Public Sector Technology Symposium, leaders from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Cabinet Office shared their views and experience of how UK public sector organisations can hone their cybersecurity resilience.
How has the cybersecurity threat evolved during the pandemic?
Cybersecurity has transformed since the start of the pandemic, explained Paul Maddinson, director of national resilience and security at the NCSC. For one thing, the fear and anxiety it provoked created ample opportunity for exploitation. “We saw a huge increase in attempts at fraud using Covid,” Maddinson explained.
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