Uk: Towards a new strategy for Cyber Security

Francis Maude, the Government’s newly appointed Minister for Cyber Security, today urged business leaders to help protect the economic well being of the country by investing in measures to empower safe travel through cyberspace. In his first speech since taking over the Cyber portfolio from Baroness Neville-Jones, Mr Maude told a conference in London that the development of computers and the internet is similar to what the development of cars and the road network did in the 20th Century offering “the freedom to explore, investigate and widen horizons” and “transforming everything about our society overwhelmingly for the better”. Here to read more.