Executive boards need to improve their cyber literacy to enhance their organisational resilience to continued cyber attacks

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Nick Wilding, head of cyber resilience at Axelos, explains the fundamental role the board must play in improving cyber defences

Jim Baines, the CEO of a major US packaging company, recently said: "Just a few months ago I made a stupid mistake. What looked like an unwitting error; the kind of thing we all do, all the time. I...

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