UK to get new cyber attack severity rating system

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new monitoring centre is to begin rating the severity of cyber events – including cyber attacks – in the UK as they happen, as part of efforts to help firms tackle and learn from such incidents. The CMC has the potential to help businesses and individuals better understand the implications of cyber events, mitigate their impact on people’s lives, and improve cyber resilience and response plans Will Mayes, CMC The UK has been hit by a wide range of high-profile cyber events in recent years, from online banking outages to cyber attacks on the NHS and the CrowdStrike IT outage last summer which knocked infrastructure, transport and healthcare systems offline. Will Mayes, chief executive of the CMC, said: “The risk of major cyber events is greater now than at any time in the past as UK organisations have become increasingly reliant on technology. “The CMC has the potential to help businesses and individuals better understand the implications of cyber events, mitigate their impact on people’s lives, and improve cyber resilience and response plans.” “I would also like to acknowledge the support from a wide range of world-leading experts who have contributed so much time and expertise to help establish the CMC, and continue to provide data and insights during events.