'You have to encrypt everything': Public sector security in the zero-trust age

Years of high-profile breaches have spurred movement – at least overseas

Tom Allen
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'You have to encrypt everything': Public sector security in the zero-trust age

In an age of “when,” not “if,” for cyberattacks, we can’t outsource security and call it done. The work begins at home, says Richard Appleyard.

In May 2021, Russia's Darkside ransomware group attacked and shut down Colonial Pipeline, which transports nearly half of all fuel consumed on the US East Coast. The fallout was immediate: queue...

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