Why hostile state cyber activity is now a day-to-day business risk

Geopolitical tension is translating into direct cyber risk for businesses, not just critical infrastructure operators. Citing NCSC data showing roughly 200 incidents against UK critical infrastructure in the past year (three-quarters linked to state actors) and a July attack that took a small UK power generator offline for four days, the piece argues organisations of any size can become targets or collateral through customers, suppliers or trusted software. It calls for minimizing standing privileges, segmenting networks, testing offline backups, mapping external attack surfaces, running realistic tabletop exercises, pre-authorizing who can cut off compromised access, and treating nation-state cyber risk as a persistent operational concern that doesn't fade when geopolitical tensions ease.

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