There is a real possibility that major companies and civil servants will work quietly behind the scenes to clip the powers of the Data Protection Act.
Here are my suggestions to ministers of five things they must focus on to truly bear down on the challenge that the volume of crime in our times presents.
It is absurd to pretend a company with obvious links to the Chinese Communist Party does not pose a clear and present danger to national security.
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Only with my amendments in place can the bill truly protect security, privacy, and freedom of speech.
Is the British public remotedly prepared for possible cyber attacks aimed at our national infrastructure?
Every day criminals look for ways to infect British businesses with malware to prevent them from functioning until a ransom is paid.
It can become the best again, but only if the land forces element is revisited in the Government’s proposal.
The UK and governments across the west have started to act. But we’re still just starting to figure out how to respond.
The impulse of Brexit is to prove Britain’s openness by striking out, but this tilt increases our security dependence on Europe.
And if that projection is to be effective, we will need to invest in our operating bases – and not just at traditional sites.
The next National Cyber Security Strategy is due next year, and must have a strong focus on addressing this skills gap.
His instinct to bring together various reserves to create a ‘Second Line’ was crucial in the First World War; leaders today should take inspiration.
Free Schools spotted a gap in the market and provided a solution to fill it. This initiative has the potential to do the same.
Failure to tackle Chinese genomics firms risks us sleep-walking into another data privacy and national security disaster, one which will be costlier than removing Hikvision’s cameras from buildings.