Articles
Robert in conversation with Financial Times Editor Lionel Barber at CyberUK. Robert has contributed regularly on cyber security issues to the FT, Washington Post, BBC and in the specialist tech press.
Cyber Sanctions: an effective weapon?
February 2023
A View from the CT Foxhole
September 2022
June 2022
Questions for the C-Suite after Solar Winds
January 29, 2021
The first line of defence needs to be upstream – at the point where the supply chain company is first compromise
Cyber Security Vulnerabilities - The Race to Patch
September 2022
Today, an increasing reliance on third parties to perform a variety of operational business functions has generated growing demand for organizations to better understand the security postures of every vendor they engage with.
SolarWinds hack exploited weaknesses we continue to tolerate
December 20, 2020
Calling cyber attacks ‘extremely sophisticated’ covers our embarrassment and implies they cannot be stopped
As cyber threats evolve and persist, a pressing need to build greater resilience
July 22, 2022
These threats to operational technology, and to the critical systems we rely on, can only be met by government and private sector working in partnership
Les hôpitaux, cible de choix des cyberattaques ?
September 2022
Les récentes et récurrentes cyberattaques touchant les centres hospitaliers peuvent nous interroger sur la sécurité de nos données médicales. Qu’en est-il concrètement ?
Foresight Review of Cyber Security for the Industrial IoT
July 6th, 2020
Robert Hannigan co-authored a report on Cybersecurity for the Industrial IOT
The Complex Reality of Cyber War and Ukraine
July 5, 2022
COVID contact-tracing apps and privacy
April 24, 2020
”However willing we may be to fast-track trials and cut through regulatory red tape, we should also be clear about our core principles and redlines for privacy.”
RISKS OF HUAWEI
February 11, 2020
Robert Hannigan responds to the Prime Minister’s 5G decision.
Cracks in the Cyber Supply Chain
December 16, 2019
”As defenses are hardened, cybercrime groups are looking for poorly defended parts of the supply chain as an ideal way in.”
Organising a Government for Cyber: The Creation of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre
February 27, 2019
This account of the creation of the NCSC, and the wider UK national strategy, offers perspectives relevant both to the further development of the UK’s own cyber strategy and to those seeking to tackle the same challenges elsewhere.
ENGINEERING-BASED INDUSTRIES ARE OFTEN NOT VERY GOOD AT CYBERSECURITY
February 22, 2019
"UK defense has things to learn from the private sector on cybersecurity, and it has things to teach."
Blanket bans on Chinese tech companies like Huawei make no sense
February 12, 2019
“The allegations of sanctions evasion levelled against Huawei are not trivial. If proven, no doubt the company will face the penalties for sanctions-busting that others have in recent years, including some household names in UK banking.”
WHY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR FINDS CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGING
February 4, 2019
"The old assumption that cyberattacks were only about making money, and therefore less of a threat to manufacturing, was shown to be mistaken."
Prevalent ai - managed security forum
November 28, 2018
"The sheer complexity and speed of technology change means that for many companies, and even some very large enterprises, a managed cyber security service will be the most cost-effective and flexible solution."
Why family offices are attractive targets for cyber crime
November 7, 2018
"Family offices are a perfect target: they control significant wealth but have few of the cyber security defenses associated with large companies."
THE STRATEGIC THREAT TO U.S. TECH COMPANIES
October 12, 2018
"Companies who regard their own defenses as strong are now finding their once-trusted vendors, suppliers and customers becoming their greatest vulnerability."
WAKE UP TO THE SECURITY RISKS IN CHINESE TECH DOMINANCE
July 27, 2018
"The real challenge for the west in this century is not that Chinese technology is ubiquitous, but rather that increasingly it is world leading."
GDPR can help boards do more than simply tick the box
May 15, 2018
“The leadership of companies can use GDPR to understand their own business better, to the benefit of their own digitization projects, as well as their security and reputation.”
Robert Hannigan: “The data economy is jeopardised by tech firms acting stupidly”
May 3, 2018
”The former GCHQ director explains why cyber security could be a tool for diplomacy.”
We need a global cyberwar treaty, says the former head of GCHQ
February 21, 2018
”Former GCHQ director Robert Hannigan has called for an international agreement on cyberwarfare and hacking by nation states”