Nation-states want to cause harm, not just steal cash - stop handing your cyber defenses to the cheapest contractor

The UK National Cyber Security Centre's CEO warns that state-sponsored cyberattacks have reached a high level of sophistication—driven by whole-of-state approaches—and are now a peer-level threat to the UK, with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea among the chief concerns; he urges organizations to embed cybersecurity as a core mission, prepare for destructive operations that cannot be solved by ransom, and to responsibly adopt and secure AI while driving an industry-wide cultural shift toward resilience.