A UK government consultation has proposed banning public sector and critical infrastructure organizations from making ransomware payments to disincentivize attackers from targeting these services
I dunno. The proactive approach you’re describing doesn’t sound very public sector. Why invest money in something when you could just ignore the issue, cross your fingers and hope it happens to someone else, not you.
Tbh it was probably a criticism of capitalism more than the public or private sectors. Why consider the long term when you could just cut costs to inflate short term profitability.
In the private sector, it’s done out of greed. In the public sector, (where nothing is ever properly funded because no one likes taxes) it’s done out of necessity.
I dunno. The proactive approach you’re describing doesn’t sound very public sector. Why invest money in something when you could just ignore the issue, cross your fingers and hope it happens to someone else, not you.
What you said sounds just like the private sector
Every sector.
We haven’t had dragons attack in 50 years! Why do we still need that wizard with his protective spells?
Tbh it was probably a criticism of capitalism more than the public or private sectors. Why consider the long term when you could just cut costs to inflate short term profitability.
In the private sector, it’s done out of greed. In the public sector, (where nothing is ever properly funded because no one likes taxes) it’s done out of necessity.