Source: Silicon.com
NATO's cybersecurity chief told a London conference recently that cyberattacks are as much of a national security threat as missile attacks. Suleyman Anil, head of NATO's Computer Incident Response Capability Coordination Center, told the E-Crime congress that it's virtually impossible to stop a committed cyberattack on a country's online infrastructure. Read on here.
Read a worrying account on this subject from the Guardian online here.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives, the UK opposition political party, want to create a new post of cybersecurity chief inside the Home Office. In addition, the Conservatives seek the establishment of a new center where the public can report online crime, as well as a new Police National Cybercrime Unit and a new unit of cybercrime specialists inside the Crown Prosecution Service. The Conservatives also want to create a new offence where government employees or contractors would also be held responsible for "reckless handling of personal data by government."
