Ciaran Martin

Foreign Office Suffered ‘Serious Cyber Security Incident’

Public tender document reveals the UK's Foreign Office was targeted by a "serious cyber security incident", but details have not…

2 years ago

SolarWinds Hackers Target Government Agencies, NGOs, Microsoft Warns

Russia-based hackers that attacked SolarWinds are targetting government agencies, think tanks and others in fresh campaign, Microsoft warns

3 years ago

Former NCSC Head Dismantles Russia’s SolarWinds Claim

Director of Russia’s SVR said the West was actually behind SolarWinds hack, but NCSC's former boss Ciaran Martin dismantles that…

3 years ago

President Trump Fires CISA Cyber Boss Chris Krebs

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) boss Chris Krebs has been 'terminated' by Trump after he contradicted President's claims

3 years ago

Focus On Cyber Defence Rather Than Cyber Attack – Former NCSC Head

'Don't weaponise the net'. Former head of UK's NCSC urges governments to focus on cyber defence than cyber offensive capabilities

3 years ago

NCSC Chief Says Huawei 5G Risk Can Be Mitigated

Ciaran Martin says UK's mitigation strategy for Huawe 'works', in the face of US pressure to ban the company on…

5 years ago

NCSC: UK Bombarded By State Cyber-Attacks

The UK is hit by dozens of serious threats to national cyber-security each month, says NCSC head Ciaran Martin

7 years ago

MPs Urge GCHQ Action On Bank Cyber-Crime

Financial regulators need their own cyber-security apparatus that isn't dependent upon GCHQ, argues the head of the Treasury Committee

7 years ago

Government Plans ‘Active’ Cyber Security Approach

Government plans to show more cyber-security initiative, says head of new National Cyber Security Centre, as NAO describes cabinet IT…

8 years ago