In this week’s episode, Steve returns to Business Matters with Juliette Foster. He explains why attacks on critical infrastructure are on the rise, what real cyber resilience looks like, and how do-it-yourself hackers are changing the threat landscape. Steve and Juliette also discuss whether UK organizations should invest or hold back in this time of slow economic growth.
Key Takeaways:
- Critical infrastructure are targets because they play important societal roles, and an attack will often trigger a quick response.
- Focus for leaders of critical national infrastructure organizations must shift from prevention to recovery.
- Crime-as-a-service and DIY hackers are changing the threat landscape.
- The government’s role in protecting critical infrastructure (5:33)
- Investing in cyber resilience during a time of slow economic growth (9:22)
- The concept of the “virtual trusted insider" (24:55)
- “A lot of industries really are operating with still fairly dated infrastructure, which is then being connected straight into the internet. So that's a good pathway for a malicious actor.” - Steve Durbin
- “We're talking about really fast-moving, fast-changing, emerging technologies that are going to be really having a very firm, strong impact on the way that businesses operate, and boards have to do a better job of catching up to understand the risk.” - Steve Durbin
- “I think the gold standard, Juliette, would be-- and it's very simple, actually-- it's about understanding your key data, making sure that your crown jewels are protected. It's about understanding your key processes, making sure that you know what they are and the operational impact of those. And then it's about practice and rehearsal.”
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