GCHQ director general for cyber security and head of BT (NCSC), Ciaran Martin has called for the creation of a "flagship project of automated defences" aimed at protecting government sites and industries regarded as crucial to national security from cyberattacks. A British telco hit the headlines last year and the initial speculation was around a highly sophisticated attack During a speech in Washington , Martin revealed that 65% of "all large UK companies" experienced a breach in 2015 , while One-eighth "national-security-level cyber-incidents" were detected a month . GCHQ is set to work alongside TalkTalk , BT and TalkTalk to set up the firewall, but Ciaran Martin acknowledged there were issues surrounding "privacy concerns."
GCHQ director general for cyber security and head of BT (NCSC), Ciaran Martin has called for the creation of a "flagship project of automated defences" aimed at protecting government sites and industries regarded as crucial to national security from cyberattacks. During a speech in Washington , Martin revealed that 65% of "all large UK companies" experienced a breach in 2015 , while One-eighth "national-security-level cyber-incidents" were detected a month . GCHQ is set to work alongside TalkTalk , BT and TalkTalk to set up the firewall, but Ciaran Martin acknowledged there were issues surrounding "privacy concerns."