Guess who doesn't do cyber resilience testing? Yep, air traffic control

  • 30 November 2015
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...and the National Grid

 
                                            


 
30 Nov 2015 at 12:41, John Leyden
 
Analysis Although Chancellor George Osborne recently spoke of the National Grid, hospitals and air traffic control as being potential targets of online attacks in a recent high-profile speech at GCHQ, only the financial services sector runs comprehensive stress tests.
 
The lack of exercises designed to hone defences raised serious questions about the robustness of key components of the UK’s critical national infrastructure.
 
The banking industry is getting tested but there isn't anything like Waking Shark II and Resilient Shield for other elements in the critical infrastructure (power, telecoms etc.) And the need for preparedness against attack in other sectors is certainly there.
 
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"Air traffic control" and National Grid" two of the most important elements in infrastructure and they are doing nothing to protect themselves from a breach or exploit !!!!

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