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The new National Cyber Security Centre [NCSC] is pitching itself to CEOs as a friendly government organisation which won't get the regulators involved after data breaches.
Those gathered this morning on the 18th floor of 125 London Wall heard one of the NCSC's deputy directors address CEOs on how they should lead their businesses' recovery from cyber attacks—and it was primarily by contacting NCSC, a part of GCHQ. [Government Communications Headquarters]
Peter Yapp, the deputy director for the incident management directorate, explained how his role worked: "If something [regarding a cyber incident and your company] breaks in the press, I'll get a call from someone in government," he said, and he would be expected to explain what the incident meant.
"If you haven't phoned me and told me about it, I will phone you," stated Yapp.
"It is worth telling me about the most serious incidents," he told his audience, acknowledging that these were difficult to define, before comforting them: "We do not tell the ICO [Information Commissioner's Office] what you tell us."
If the government doesn't know, and the public doesn't know, there's no problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @02:07PM
The new National Cyber Security Centre [NCSC] is pitching itself to CEOs as a friendly government internal spying and espionage organisation which won't get the regulators involved after something that really isn't any of their business anyway.
Those gathered this morning on the expensive suite of a business neighborhood you can't afford heard one of the Government fuckwit lackeys address CEOs on something said lackey has never had any actual personal experience with but he stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night—and it was primarily by contacting the Supposedly Good part of the group whose mandate is officially to Spy on Everything.
Peter Yapp, an underling for the group that spies on such things, explained how his role worked: "Bad things happen, people ask me what it was instead of asking the company, and if I can't tell them my ass would be in deep grass so I'll make shit up."
"This gives me a legal right to call the CEO and ask what happened, despite the fact that most CEOs and even CIOs wouldn't know a security breach from their rosy red assholes. And forget the whole trying to find out what happened from the actual operators dealing with the problem." stated Yapp.
"So if you don't want me making shit up to other government officials who will then leak the story to the press, you should call me," he told his audience, acknowledging that he really doesn't have a meaningful job, before comforting them: "We won't tell people who can regulate you, we'll just make sure the press gets the story that will depress your share prices further."