UK science secretary warns Britain is “desperately exposed” to cyber threats - researcher reacts
The UK science secretary has warned Britain is “desperately exposed” to cyber threats and the upheaval of another pandemic, and claims national resilience suffered “catastrophically” under the previous government.
Andrew Peck, a cyber resilience PhD researcher at Loughborough University who, prior to joining the institute, had a career delivering IT solutions to big industry, healthcare and government, responds to the declarations, which appeared in the Guardian.
“Peter Kyle, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology has recently stated that the UK is “desperately exposed” to cyber-threats and other strategic big-ticket problems”, said Andrew.
“There is, of course, a political dimension to what he’s saying, but also a reaction to recent cyber events including: the CrowdStrike outages (just last week), ransomware and other cyber attacks on NHS capabilities, an attack on rail infrastructure in France that caused delays in St Pancras, and the ICO reprimanding the Electoral Commission following the conclusion of an investigation into a 2021 hack.