Cyber Threats No Longer Science Fiction

In March, the chapter held its "Corporate Evening" at the Royal Naval and Royal Albert Yacht Club in Old Portsmouth. The guest speaker was Lt. Col. Ian Buchanan, British Army, of the Cyber and Influence Science and Technology Centre at Porton Down. Col. Buchanan's presentation—titled "Cyber Warfare: Science Fiction or Science Fact?"—addressed the reality of existing threats and how authorities are still unprepared to meet them. He explained that the cyber battlespace is more abstract than the geographic background with which people are familiar. It is this abstract nature that makes the threats so pervasive and difficult to address. Following the colonel's presentation, a question and answer session centered on some of the chilling examples he had described, with options for meeting these threats in the future.

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