"Attempts being made every hour of every day – companies must treat cybersecurity as an absolute priority."
The recent cyber incidents experienced by British retailers should be “a wake-up call” for every business in the country.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Mr McFadden is expected to use his keynote at this week’s CyberUK conference to to urge companies to treat cybersecurity “as an absolute priority.”
According to Reuters, McFadden is expected to say that with ‘relentless’ targeting by cybercriminals every hour of the day, “companies must treat cybersecurity as an absolute priority.”
McFadden will also set out the action the Government is taking to boost the country’s cyber protections in his speech, including “modernising the way the state approaches cyber, through the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill” which will “bolster our national defences.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
