Gov Slow to Address Urgent CNI Security Needs

guest · Jul 20, 2018

Gov Slow to Address Urgent CNI Security Needs
July 19, 2018
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/gov-not-addressing-cni-security/

A committee of MPs and peers in the UK has criticised the government for its lack of urgency in addressing the cybersecurity skills gap in relation to critical national infrastructure (CNI).

According to a report released following the meeting with The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, the shortage in specialist skills and deep technical expertise is one of the greatest challenges faced by the UK's CNI operators and regulators in relation to cybersecurity. The report also calls for ministers to step forward and take the lead in developing a strategy to give drive and direction.

"We’re not just talking about the ‘acute scarcity’ of technical experts which was reported to us, but also the much larger number of posts which require moderately specialist skills.

As a very first response, government must work in close partnership with the CNI sector and providers to create a cybersecurity skills strategy to give clarity and direction. It is a pressing matter of national security to do so."
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guest · Nov 19, 2018

Britain may not be able to fend off a determined cyber-attack, MPs warn
November 19, 2018
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/19/uk_cni_report_parliament/

Britain's critical national infrastructure is vulnerable to hackers and neither UK.gov nor privatised operators are doing enough to tighten things up, a Parliamentary committee has warned.

"It appears the government is not delivering on it with a meaningful sense of purpose or urgency. Its efforts so far certainly fail to do justice to its own assessment that major cyber attacks on the UK and interests are a top-tier threat to national security," said their report (PDF, 709kB/64 pages).

The UK's critical national infrastructure (CNI), which the report said "is a natural target for a major cyber attack", faces a dual threat of more aggressive overseas hackers and a lack of funding for cyber defences.

[...] the report also warned that "there appears to be little beyond anecdotal evidence that the UK is at the forefront of international efforts on cybersecurity", suggesting that, despite its publicity, GCHQ may in fact not be able to cope with the scale of the threat if things got truly nasty
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"Cyber Security of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure" (PDF): https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201719/jtselect/jtnatsec/1708/1708.pdf

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