14 DAY TRIAL // The United Kingdom government made available their plans to help businesses around the country better deal and prevent data breaches, in the effort of making Britain an investor heaven.
With the release of the UK Cyber Security Strategy, businesses and individuals can at least hope that the state will help them mitigate attacks and deal with their outcomes.
After showing the citizens they’re fully aware of all the dangers that lurk the internet, they announced the creation of a new National Cyber Security Program which by the year 2015 should make sure that their main objectives are reached.
In order to make the UK become one of the most secure places in the world to do business in cyberspace, they plan on encouraging courts to “impose appropriate online sanctions for online offences.”
Law enforcement authorities will have a much higher implication in cyber security matters, both locally and on an international level since the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) “will increase the focus of cyber crime in its international network.”
The second objective implies making the UK more resilient to cyberattacks, problem which will be handled by closely collaborating with companies that own and manage the Critical National Infrastructure and by working with allies “to ensure implementation of NATO’s cyber defence policy.”
“We will work in partnership with other nations and organisations to help shape the development of cyberspace to support its role as a driver of open societies, whilst promoting stability and reliability,” reads the paper.
This is how they plan on making a stable and vibrant cyberspace that supports open societies but at the same time ensures the online safety of citizens.
Finally, 2012 seems to be a busy year as this is when they plan on improving educational involvement with cyber security, establish a more developed capability to respond to cyberspace incidents, and also, they want to locate existing cyber research centers that could aid them in addressing certain weaknesses that currently exist.