Tag: MOD
News and information from the Advent IM team.
UK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence Rise
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The National Cyber Force’s existence has been publicly confirmed after months of speculation and a decade after the UK first began offensive cyber-operations. Read via BBCNews.
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MoD Receives Funding Boost and Confirms Increase in Cyber-Spending
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK government has dedicated an extra £16.5bn to defense spending which will see a heavy investment in cybersecurity defense and offensive capabilities. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Cyber Security Breach – Guest Blog
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
Guest post from Jason Barron, Advent IM Security Consultant Cyber security breaches hit unprecedented highs in UK defence industry – Just my opinion! What do you consider an unprecedented high? On Wed 8 Jan 20, Sky News released an article relating to a statistics document alleged to have been produced by the Defence Industry Warning, […]
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Cyber security breaches hit unprecedented highs in UK defence industry
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
An unprecedented number of security incidents were reported to the Ministry of Defence during the last 12 months. Read via Sky News.
Read MoreTrident vulnerable to hacking?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
By Julia McCarron with contribution from Chris Cope. There have been a number of press stories in the last few days that could have us searching for our 3 pronged spears to protect these shores because, if the news is to be believed, the missile version of Trident could be rendered useless or obsolete from […]
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