Andrew Parker, the Director General (DG) of MI5, delivered the annual Lord Mayor’s Defence and Security lecture in London. In a speech – A Modern MI5 – the DG set out the tools MI5 needs to stop terrorism in the online age. He said MI5’s ability to intercept communications has always been fundamental to its success but this was becoming harder.
He said: “We all conduct so much of our lives online, carrying smart phones in our pockets, accessing information and communicating with each other in a whole variety of ways. That brings huge benefits to society and to the economy. But those same opportunities are also exploited by terrorists and those plotting against us. Information gathered from the technology terrorists use, often in the same way as the rest of us, may sometimes be the only way to stop them.”
For the speech in full visit the MI5 website.
