As if it's an official source which can be held accountable

Hell yeah!

Nice

I mean maybe the policy is about preparing kids to read increasingly miserable news headlines with equanimity. We could all do with a bit of that. Stiffen the upper lip as we pick up the morning Guardian or Telegraph.

A really emotional and inspiring story of burnout and recovery from Andrew Barber. Jobs which look like this 👇 24x7 take a serious toll on cyber professionals. Our digital first responders should not need to be heroes and organisations must take care of them

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Cyber security of the social care sector was immature and unsophisticated until recently, says Michelle Corrigan. But the DSPT has changed that

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Question from the audience: our CEO wants to know when cyber security will stop being a top red risk, given all our efforts to reduce the risk score. What do I say?

Answer: it will always be a top red risk. Tell your CEO to accept the new reality.

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As M&S approaches a month offline, business continuity is on everyone’s mind. David Leech says you need to define your MVP: Minimum Viable Company

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(Have just committed the conference chair’s cardinal sin by wrongly announcing lunch 1 hour early. The last morning speakers are now under extreme pressure to be even more compelling than lunch.)

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A pithy summary of the problem for government from Jonathan Pownall

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You’ve got to get your board on board, says Richard Pilkington. YES!!! This is the cyber governance structure at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS trust.

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More on risk prioritisation: Andrew Dillon says we shouldn’t treat users as alike when it comes to human risk. Different groups have different skills, roles, permissions etc.

Food for thought as most organisations roll out universal cyber awareness training!

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Curious - how did the BBC verify that they were genuinely speaking with the criminal gang responsible?

Plus, I would not be making confident statements about someone’s English language proficiency based on a text conversation !

Reporting on stories like this is a minefield, IMHO

We should require higher levels of security assurance from higher risk suppliers, points out Andy Simpson. Unfortunately, procurement teams define high risk as ‘large contract size’ rather than looking at what the supplier is actually doing!

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Embrace it. It’s a socially sanctioned way for us to say that people who are older or younger than us are dreadful

See you there!

Yes. The weekend FT is also reaching new levels of silly. I suppose it’s all cope for the geopolitically-terrified.

I guess George Osborne’s experience with the ‘pasty tax’ put politicians off … but I’m surprised by enduring lack of action on alcohol. Given public awareness of harms is growing, feels like the right time to tackle it