Comments from Arbor Networks - Whitehall to test security
November 2015 by
Following the news this weekend that David Cameron has ordered cyber-attacks to test Whitehall security, please see below comments from Richard Brown, Director EMEA Channels & Alliances at Arbor Networks:
“The news that Whitehall will be testing its cyber security defences is a good move. However, as the sophistication and number of cyber-attacks continue to increase, it is important that this stress test is part of a wider approach to security for the UK government. Any test that focuses organisations on their incident handling processes and communications is a good thing, but it is also important that this sits alongside a proactive security programme with people and analytics tools to detect and contain threats quickly – even when they make it past the perimeter defences. People and process are key in this.”