UK Government Proposes Ransomware Payment Ban

UK Government Proposes Ransomware Payment Ban

The UK government is consulting on plans to ban ransomware payments by public sector bodies and critical national infrastructure to disrupt the financial model underpinning cybercrime.   The proposals also include mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks and measures...
Data Centres Now ‘Critical National Infrastructure’

Data Centres Now ‘Critical National Infrastructure’

Prompted by the effects of the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike, the UK has moved to protect UK data centres by classing them as ‘Critical National Infrastructure’ (CNI). CrowdStrike  Back in July, a global IT outage caused by a faulty update impacting Windows...