{"id":40292,"date":"2021-03-30T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T11:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/money-can-buy-you-insurance-against-network-break-ins-but-investing-in-infosec-hygiene-wouldnt-go-amiss-says-new-ncsc-chief\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T11:18:07","slug":"money-can-buy-you-insurance-against-network-break-ins-but-investing-in-infosec-hygiene-wouldnt-go-amiss-says-new-ncsc-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/money-can-buy-you-insurance-against-network-break-ins-but-investing-in-infosec-hygiene-wouldnt-go-amiss-says-new-ncsc-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Money can buy you insurance against network break-ins but investing in infosec hygiene wouldn&#8217;t go amiss, says new NCSC chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So-called cyber-attack insurance &#8220;cannot be a substitute for better basic cybersecurity,&#8221; the National Cyber Security Centre&#8217;s chief exec has said in her first major speech since taking office.<\/p>\n<p>Lindy Cameron took over from founding CEO Ciaran Martin last summer and on Friday made her first public appearance since taking office. 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clauses apply to network hacks?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2019\/07\/26\/do_insurance_war_exclusion_clauses_apply_to_cyberattacks\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Cybersecurity is still not taken as seriously as it should be, and is simply not embedded into the UK&#8217;s boardroom thinking,&#8221; she continued, lamenting how many British companies see proper infosec hygiene as an optional bolt-on or something for the insurance company to sort out after the disaster, believing everything will be all right on the night.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/03\/23\/ransomware_targeting_education_ncsc_warning\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">experience of various schools and colleges has shown<\/a> over the past few weeks, that belief can be actively harmful.<\/p>\n<p>The new NCSC chief was also quite blunt about continuing the GCHQ offshoot&#8217;s &#8220;interventionist approach&#8221; to security standards and also the wider market.<\/p>\n<p>She said in response to <i>The Register<\/i>&#8216;s questions: &#8220;I think it is an area where we need to help the market think about how to factor security in; 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