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image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
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The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

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image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
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UK 'must be clear-eyed' on China tech
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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
technology
The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTUK GOVERNMENT

image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) March 26, 2021
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
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UK 'must be clear-eyed' on China tech
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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
technology
The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTUK GOVERNMENT

image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) March 26, 2021
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
Related Topics
UK 'must be clear-eyed' on China tech
ambitions
Published
19 hours ago
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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
technology
The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTUK GOVERNMENT

image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) March 26, 2021
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
Related Topics
UK 'must be clear-eyed' on China tech
ambitions
Published
19 hours ago
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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
technology
The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTUK GOVERNMENT

image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) March 26, 2021
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
Related Topics
UK 'must be clear-eyed' on China tech
ambitions
Published
19 hours ago
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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
technology
The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTUK GOVERNMENT

image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) March 26, 2021
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
Related Topics
UK 'must be clear-eyed' on China tech
ambitions
Published
19 hours ago
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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
technology
The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTUK GOVERNMENT

image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) March 26, 2021
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
Related Topics
UK 'must be clear-eyed' on China tech
ambitions
Published
19 hours ago
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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionLindy Cameron said the UK was interested in China's future role in
technology
The new head of the UK's cyber-security agency has said the country must be "clear-
eyed" about the potential technological threat posed by China.
Lindy Cameron was making her first major speech as chief executive of the National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - at Queen's University.
Born in Northern Ireland, she was previously the director general of the Northern
Ireland Office.
Ms Cameron warned that Russia "poses the most acute and immediate threat".
However, she said China's size, scale and technological ambition was also being
watched by the UK.
She said the two countries were among four nations of particular concern in the
cyberspace, alongside North Korea and Iran.
'Change the world'
Ms Cameron said the UK was "most interested" in China's future role in technology
and their presence in the market, as much as any potential threat.
"China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia
will and I think that just by virtue of the size and scale of the market that they have
domestically, and indeed the innovation that is happening in China in terms of
technology," she said.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTUK GOVERNMENT

image captionLindy Cameron previously served at the director general of the
Northern Ireland Office, making her its second most senior civil servant

She said customers in the UK would be buying technology produced in China, and
there was an interest in how secure it was from a cyber-security perspective.
The "changing nature of China" would be "one of the most significant geopolitical
shifts that we will see in this decade", she added.
Combating threats
Five years since the NCSC was announced, it has dealt with more than 2,000
significant incidents from across the globe, ranging from covert state-sponsored
attacks, to criminal ones with major public impact, Ms Cameron said.
More than 5% of malicious sites were hosted in the UK when the organisation
started, but that number has now been cut to 2%.
In 2020, "hundreds of thousands" of malicious URL web addresses were taken
down.
Ms Cameron took over as chief executive of the NCSC in October, succeeding
Ciaran Martin, also from Northern Ireland, who led its creation in 2016.
Earlier, she warned cyber-security was still not taken seriously enough by
organisation leaders, despite the UK making "huge progress" more generally.
"Covid has both highlighted the scale of our dependence on the digital world and
indeed increased the challenges we all face," says National Cyber Security Centre
CEO Lindy Cameron

She's been speaking

to @bbcnickrobinson#R4Today @NCSC https://t.co/JGfzouXyu4 pic.twitter.com/fMC
Ks2FOkq
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) March 26, 2021
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Ms Cameron suggested in her speech that basic cyber-hygiene was as important a

life skill as knowing how to wire a plug, saying "we're all too aware that cyber-skills
are not yet fundamental to our education".
She said cyber-security was "still not taken as seriously as it should be" and was
"simply not embedded into the UK's boardroom thinking".
Related Topics