A whistleblower reported the Electoral Commission failed a cyber essentials audit, prior to its 2021 data breach.

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A whistleblower reported the Electoral Commission failed a cyber essentials audit, prior to its 2021 data breach. If the commission could not pass the most basic cybersecurity audit. What hope was there ever going to be they could withstand a nation state backed hack.

One is really concerned of the UKs defensive cyber strategy. Cyber regulation is coming (here) from partner nations that sets cyber frameworks the are orders of magnitude greater than those currently adopted by the UK.

Ted Dziekanowski

#cybersecurity #cyberriskmanagement #cyberregulation

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