Data centres given Critical National Infrastructure status in UK – what does this mean for data centre providers?
By David Varney, partner at UK law firm Burges Salmon Earlier this month, the Technology Secretary Peter Kyle declared that UK data centres will now be classified as Critical National Infrastructure (UK CNI), marking the first new CNI designation since 2015. UK CNI constitutes critical elements of infrastructure of which the loss or compromise could result in […]
Smart access: What if biometrics were the foolproof solution for infrastructure protection?
By Céline Littré, Product Marketing Manager at Linxens Biometrics are already well known and used in sectors such as identity and payments, but their use could also be relevant to access control for both IT and physical infrastructures? Access to IT infrastructures As the number of reported cyber-attacks has multiplied, companies, which until recently were […]
What more, if anything, should governments be doing about cyber actors?
By Will Dixon, Global Head of the Academy and Community at ISTARI Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, and their potential consequences are becoming more severe. With Critical National Infrastructure and other important services constantly in the virtual crosshairs of both state actors and cybercriminals, it is entirely conceivable that an attack, or a series of […]
MPs concerned over hacking threat to critical national infrastructure
Two thirds of MPs consider the compromise of critical national infrastructure to be the biggest cyber security threat facing the UK. A year on from the cyber attack on parliamentary emails, a YouGov survey commissioned by NCC Group has gauged the opinions of MPs in the House of Commons with regards to their personal cyber […]
A third of UK infrastructure fails to meet basic cyber security standards
According to Freedom of Information requests by Corero Network Security, over a third of the UK’s critical infrastructure doesn’t meet the most basic cybersecurity standards. The fact that so many infrastructure organisations have not completed the ’10 Steps to Cyber Security’ programme indicates a lack of cyber resilience within organisations which are critical to the […]
