Diversity key to more effective cyber security, says NCSC

Diversity in defence teams is key to improved cyber security, according to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). To combat the cyber security threat, “we need to be the very best in the world at what we do,” said Nicola Hudson, NCSC director of communications. “We need to approach and do things differently, using maths, behavioural sciences, linguistics, psychology, law, computer and sciences,” she told the opening session of CyberUK 2018 conference in Manchester. Continuing the theme of diversity, she said: “We need to bring together people from a range of disciplines and backgrounds to work together on this. “We also need to bring to bear the widest pool of talent that we possibly can and that means we need a much more diverse workforce.”