Warwick Ashford wrote a piece on ComputerWeekly.com that covered what is a significant event for cyber security in the United Kingdom. As the Internet grows to be more important to just about every facet of human life, the stakes are raised on how to protect what happens online. The Internet of Things will take this to another level and there really needs to be greater understanding and education for all those involved.

Its good to see the UK taking a proactive attitude with regards to increasing awareness and understanding that many different segments of the population have to learn to work together and work as a team.

From the article:

The launch of the first national computer emergency response team is a key milestone in the development of the UK’s cyber security capabilities, says Chris Gibson, director of CERT-UK.

“CERT-UK will work with partners across government, industry and academia to enhance the UK’s cyber resilience,” he said in London at the official launch of CERT-UK and its website.

“We will build trust, foster collaboration and both encourage and lead on sharing of information to develop the level of situational awareness we need to stay ahead of our adversaries,” he said.

Gibson explained that CERT-UK’s main constituency will be the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) companies.

However, he said the organisation will also work more broadly across industry through the government‘s Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CISP), now an integral part of CERT-UK.

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