Time to unite at national level to fight cyber terrorism

IT IS imperative that nation states act now to put in place cyber defences to protect themselves from the most advanced threats the world has to offer. We are at cyber war.

The recent worldwide WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks are a stark reminder of the increasingly dangerous and fast-developing world of cybercrime we all live and do business in. Every business, financial institution, telecoms provider, energy company and government should now consider itself to be under threat from cyber criminals intent on causing devastation for gain.

This ever-growing network of cyber criminals is intent on developing the most advanced attack methods to penetrate systems of governments and enterprises, large and small. And, increasingly, nation states are employing these hacker services to damage other governments and influence political outcomes.