01 September 2011

Expert says UK cyber-spooks are too preoccupied with launching attacks | #cyberwar #infosec #apt

Cambridge professor says only 10 per cent of UK's cyber security war chest is devoted to defence

A security expert has claimed that the UK is devoting most of its cyber crime fighting efforts to cyber attack, leaving limited resources for defence.

Speaking exclusively to ComputingRoss Anderson, professor of security engineering at the Cambridge University computer laboratory, stated that 90 per cent of the government's recent funding injection into cyber security was going to the UK's offensive capability.

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