Abstract

The issue of cyberwar never seems to be out of the headlines these days – and given the slightly hysterical nature of some of the coverage, you might be forgiven for thinking that Armageddon was imminent. Cyberwar has become a hot topic, not least because of the vulnerability of the critical national infrastructure on which all industrialised nations depend and which in some instances is creaking. A number of recent attacks have highlighted the necessity of taking action, but it takes time to replace old and complex control systems that were designed before the age of the Internet and yet were connected up anyway. A key European initiative called Ecossian is now being worked on in order to act as an early warning system, as Cath Everett explains.

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