The UK government should name and shame companies whose cyber security measures fail to protect consumers’ data, according to a new report from King’s College London’s Cyber Security Research Group, which promotes research into cyber security, and the Policy Institute, an independent research institution which works to solve societal challenges with evidence. It comes on the back of the Ipsos MORI Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, which found than four in 10 businesses experienced a cyber security breach or attack in 2017-18. King’s College London wants businesses, charities and other organizations to adopt measures included in the government’s Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme, which has up until now only covered public sector organizations. “Our research finds that ACD could be legally cheaply and efficiently rolled out beyond the public sector, to further protect people online,” said Dr Tim Stevens, convenor of the Cyber Security Research Group at King’s College London. Stevens said that for those unable to invest, guidance would be made available by the government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other agencies.

Source: Forbes January 22, 2019 09:11 UTC