From: Computing.co.uk

Amount invested by government in cyber security isn’t good, it’s embarrassing, says panel


The government announced the UK cyber security  strategy at the back end of 2011 to protect national interests by building a  trusted and resilient digital environment.

It revealed plans to invest £650m over a four-year period from 2010 on the  programme, but has come under scrutiny for having a “lack of cohesion” between  the various UK organisations set up to work towards it.

In this roundtable, the director of information security at Ernst & Young, Mark Brown,  former US cyber intelligence officer at the department of defence, Bob Ayers  (now of Glasswall Solutions), and founder of the Cyber Security Challenge UK,  Judy Baker, discuss whether the UK is in a stronger position than it was since  the inception of the UK cyber security strategy, and which areas of the strategy  need a greater focus.

Perhaps most importantly, they discuss a potential dearth of experts able to  thwart threats, and state ways in which the government could address a looming  cyber security skills crisis.