The CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) wants it to join forces with tech firms to tackle cybersecurity challenges. Ciaran Martin said key actions could be taken to transform cybersecurity and that joint progress could be made in making the benefits of the internet automatically safer. He added that the NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence programme would be part of that. The programme has so far initiated automatic takedowns, which have cut the time to take down phishing sites from 27 hours to 500 million, along with free safety checks for public authorities and automatic access blocking.
The CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) wants it to join forces with tech firms to tackle cybersecurity challenges. Ciaran Martin said key actions could be taken to transform cybersecurity and that joint progress could be made in making the benefits of the internet automatically safer. He added that the NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence programme would be part of that. The programme has so far initiated automatic takedowns, which have cut the time to take down phishing sites from 27 hours to one, along with free safety checks for public authorities and automatic access blocking.