A study by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and accountancy firms found that many large organisations were unprepared for cyberattacks David Becker/ReutersTwo out of three bosses at the UK’s biggest companies have not been trained in how to deal with a cyberattack, the government has warned, despite growing awareness at board level of the havoc that can be wreaked on organisations by hackers. A study by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and accountancy firms found that many large organisations were unprepared for the kind of attack that caused significant disruption to global companies including WPP, FedEx and Reckitt Benckiser in June and July. Despite growing fears over cyberattacks on businesses and public bodies, 68 per cent of FTSE 350 companies have not received any training to deal with such incidents. Only 2 per cent said that they had received “comprehensive training”, while 10…

Source: The Times August 20, 2017 23:03 UTC