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Briefing: Can risk prevention mitigate against the increase in cyber attacks on the public sector?

By 2024-09-25T08:00:00

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With cyber attacks on the public sector increasing in scale and volume, should an active model to cyber insurance be adopted?

On 12 September it was reported that a 17-year-old boy had been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act linked to the Transport for London (TfL) cyber incident at the beginning of the month.

June 2024 saw the NHS fall victim to a cyber attack

Attacks on the public sector have been relentless, but why?

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