Britain ramps up cyber security measures By Olly Barratt | Posted: 17 June 2011 1610 hrs LONDON: Governments around the world are beefing up their cyber security measures in the face of the growing threats, and Britain is no different. Britain's Ministry of Defence said it comes under cyber attack every eight hours, with 1000 malicious raids on computer systems a year, which is more than enough to keep cyber defenders busy. "They work in secrecy, and we have some of the best mathematicians, and computer experts available to us, who are out there tracing the attacks, classifying them, and working out ways to stop them," said Mr Rupert Goodwins, editor of the ZDNet UK. The UK is increasingly working with military allies at NATO on cyber security co-operation, with sources talking of threats to IT systems from Russia, China and organized cirminal gangs. The government now puts attacks from cyber space in its 'top tier' of national security concerns and runs a 'cyber security challenge' - a competition to attract the best young IT talent. "The cyber security challenge is there to drive more experts into the security industry, particularly into the cyber security industry, and the reason that we need that so badly, is we're really fighting a losing battle out there right now in that the cyber criminals are so well organized and have so much expertise, that organizations need more experts," said Mr Mohan Koo, managing director of Dtex Systems. Britain's new breed of cyber ...