Domestic critical infrastructure is arguably now more at risk than at any point in living memory, and certainly in a peacetime context. The highly digitized and connected nature of today’s healthcare, public sector, building and industrial systems have placed them firmly in the sights of cybercriminals and malign foreign powers.
The current and ubiquitous public health crisis has only added to the issues facing those charged with protecting services and data. If that wasn’t enough, concerns about interference in the election process have created a siege mentality, reinforced by regular evidence that attacks and breaches are rapidly increasing.