MoD cybersecurity worst in Whitehall, figures reveal

2024-01-08 04:55 AM by Wanda Parisien

A red rating is the lowest possible security score, signifying that the system is “at a critical level of risk, where the likelihood of encountering issues or failures is significant, and the potential impact of these issues could be severe.” Systems generally fall into the red-rating category because of the presence of out-dated or legacy …

MoD fined over data breach that ‘could have cost lives’

2023-12-14 01:19 AM by Wanda Parisien

Information commissioner John Edwards, who leads the ICO, said the “deeply regrettable” breach “let down those to whom our country owes so much.” The “challenging” situation on the ground in 2021, when Western forces pulled out of Afghanistan, was “no excuse for not protecting people’s information who were vulnerable to reprisal and at risk of …