Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity threats are ‘like an ongoing bar fight in a western’, Dublin conference hears
The director of the National Cyber Security Centre has warned of an increase in online threats due to forthcoming elections
More than 5,000 cybersecurity incidents were reported to the national body charged with advising the government on security threats last year.
Speaking at a conference in Dublin on Wednesday, Richard Browne, director of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), admitted that the organisation was “generally a pain in the arse for a lot of people,” due to its auditing of organisations.
Warning that risks of cybersecurity incidents were rising, Brown said espionage remained the key ...