The Defence Committee is certainly right to raise the flag concerning the Government’s sloppy approach to protecting the armed forces from cyber attack and underestimating the size of such a threat is foolish. But the problem extends further than the defense sector.
Wieland Alge, VP and general manager for EMEA at Barracuda Networks said: “The danger of a cyber attack on the nation is and always will be a threat and the problem is not restricted to the military. Take large hospitals, our banking systems and transport infrastructures such as airports and railways for example – all are relied upon to carry on with our day-to-day lives and all have core IT processes that rely on the ability to keep data flowing securely.
Firewalls and related security systems are responsible for protecting these crucial technology infrastructures and the Government should regularly review its security plans across its whole organisation. Malicious attacks, data loss and network downtime is something that the military and all other government sectors cannot afford to ignore or take lightly.”