The head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)has said that chief executives should be as close to their chief information security officers (CISOs) as their general counsel and finance directors. NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron spoke to a virtual audience at Queen’s College Belfast and stated that “Cybersecurity is still not taken as seriously as it should be, and simply is not embedded in UK boardrooms. The pace of change is no excuse — in boardrooms, digital literacy is as non-negotiable as financial or legal literacy.” This comes on the back of a new report highlighting how remote working pressures have taken a significant psychological toll on burned-out UK employees and are putting corporate security at risk.
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