Combating the threat landscape in the public sector

Combating the threat landscape in the public sector

Steve Rivers, International Technical Director, ThreatQuotient, discusses how government organisations can strengthen their cyber defences with the right tools and threat intelligence.

2019 saw a significant rise in ransomware attacks on public sector targets. Specifically, these attacks have been targeting local government departments. With this insight the Home Office has published a series of recommendations for cybersecurity teams to utilise on relevant threats. These guides cover threat intelligence, threat hunting and digital risk and intelligence, deriving from a series of conversations with stakeholders in government and industry around their current capabilities. One of these guides highlights a recommendation to use a security operation centre to reduce risk, along with investing in the