In this special bonus episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Pete Cooper and Irene Pontisso from the UK Cabinet Office about their current competition aiming to promote cybersecurity culture among small businesses. They highlight their 9 hypotheses, which touch on the role of human factors, the distinction between cyber culture and security culture, and the importance of leadership. They chat about why they decided to get help validating these ideas through a competition format — the “Bakeoff Approach,” as Irene calls — to promote collaborative thinking and get a sense of what organizations are doing on these issues today.
The deadline to apply for the competition is fast approaching on Monday, November 8, and winners will be awarded contracts to carry out the competition over 12 weeks, beginning in late November. Check out the Invitation to Tender to submit your entry!
Pete Cooper
Pete Cooper is Deputy Director Cyber Defence within the Government Security Group in the UK Cabinet Office, where he looks over the whole of the Government sector and is responsible for the Government Cyber Security Strategy, standards, and policies as well as responding to serious or cross-government cyber incidents. With a diverse military, private-sector, and government background, he has worked on everything ranging from cyber operations, global cyber security strategies, advising on the nature of state-vs.-state cyber conflict to leading cybersecurity change across industry, public sector, and the global hacker community, including founding and leading the Aerospace Village at DEF CON. A fast jet pilot turned cyber operations advisor, who on leaving the military in 2016, founded the UK’s first multi-disciplinary cyber strategy competition, he is passionate about tackling national and international cybersecur ..
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