Official ’Ten Steps to Cyber Security’ guidance has been updated by the UK government. First launched in 2012, the guidance covers the key activities they should evaluate for cyber security risk management. The update includes the new cyber security schemes and services set up more recently under the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) and contains a foreword by the new Director of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan.
He wrote: “GCHQ continues to see real threats to the UK on a daily basis, and the scale and rate of these attacks shows little sign of abating. However despite the increase in sophistication, it remains as true today as it did two years ago that there is much you can do yourself to protect your organisation by adopting the basic Cyber Security procedures in this guidance.”
Alongside, GCHQ has published a paper, ‘Common Cyber Attacks:Reducing the Impact’. Drawing on real case studies, the paper covers threats, vulnerabilities and attack types. It also addresses prevention and incident response. The paper is intended to help organisations understand that they need to be prepared to respond to threats from a range of attackers and have a framework of security controls in place to reduce the extent and impact of an attack.
The documents were reissued with the official Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), Cabinet Office and BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills). Visit – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-risk-management-a-board-level-responsibility.
