Cyber threats should be prioritised as a key business risk like financial and legal challenges, the UK government has urged as it releases new guidelines to help directors and business leaders boost their cyber resilience.
Aimed at executive and non-executive directors and other senior leaders, the new Cyber Governance Code of Practice guidelines aim to ensure that cyber threat issues are a key focus for businesses, putting them on an equal footing with other threats like financial and legal pitfalls.
Within this, the UK government has recommended that directors set out clear roles and responsibilities across their organisations, boosting protections for customers and safeguarding their ability to operate safely and securely.
The government designed the code in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and looks to ensure that companies have detailed plans in place to respond to and recover from potential cyber-attacks. It is also encouraging organisations to ensure their employees possess adequate skills and awareness of cyber issues so they can work alongside new…
