Cyber? We can't get the staff say UK IT leaders

'Just having some more bodies in the team would be useful'

John Leonard
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Cyber? We can't get the staff say UK IT leaders
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Cyber? We can't get the staff say UK IT leaders

Notable by its absence in the incoming government's manifesto was any meaningful mention of cybersecurity. In fact, cyber was conspicuously absent from the published plans of any major party.

Perhaps the topic was considered too niche for general consumption, but its side-lining, along with an almost complete lack of political comment following the attack that devastated and continues t...

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