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News: Government Cybersecurity Standards ‘Miss The Mark’

29.Jun.2018
Martin Jartelius
The UK government has launched a new cybersecurity standard designed to set a baseline of mandatory security outcomes for all departments. The Minimum Cyber Security Standard announced this week presents a minimum set of measures which all government departments will need to follow, although the hope is that they will look to exceed these at all times. Martin Jartelius commented below.

"This is a great step and a positive change. We have regulations for health and safety at work, and the financial industry is littered with rules and regulations for the protection of customer data. Soft regulations, including the GDPR, work in a similar fashion to put some degree of basic controls in place."

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