Are You Afraid of Cyber Security? Vendors are monetising fear & ignorance, says ex-GCHQ deputy direc

Ellie Burns   3rd May 2017                                       http://www.cbronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fear-770x512.jpg Brian Lord OBE, ex-GCHQ Deputy Director, sat down with CBR’s Ellie Burns to talk about how the industry is creating a cyber mythology, perpetuating fear and ignorance in order to make money. Cyber security in the 21st Century has captured the imagination of the masses, with experts and headlines rallying action against criminal masterminds who are hacking cars, pacemakers, governments, banks and businesses.
 
A picture is being painted by the cyber security industry, one that boasts spooks and technically.gifted criminals as the main protagonists in a landscape dominated by warfare and cyber weapons – a picture that has created a ‘cyber mythology’ designed to “sell unnecessarily expensive solutions through fear,” according to Brian Lord OBE, former GCHQ Deputy Director for Intelligence and Cyber Operations.
 
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