United Kingdom, UK as it is called is the world’s first industrialized nation. Also, UK is one of the developed nations with one of the largest economies. On the cyber security front also UK has taken commendable initiatives to ensure security to its businesses and individuals.
The year 2016 starts on a brighter note for UK on the cyber security front. The United Kingdom has seen the dawn of its second National Cyber Security Strategy in 2016 which aims to build the cyber security capability of UK along with developing skill in the domain. Also, the strategy focuses on developing resilient systems and networks which can reverse an attack. With IoT, the number of connected devices has increased exponentially. In their latest cyber security strategy, the UK government promises to increase the investment on cyber security from GBP 869 million to GBP 1.9 billion. However, it is matter of apprehension that the cyber security human resource is still far from the current requirement.