Global coalition crucial vs cyber attacks: PwC

Common standards across multiple countries imperative, says Joyce

- Shouvik Das

Taking on global cyber security challenges will need strategic policy coalitions in order to address the increasing threats from nation-state attackers and even local scammers being distributed around the world, said Sean Joyce, partner and global cyber security leader at consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Speaking about the geopolitically distributed challenge of cyber security, Joyce, who stepped down as the deputy director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2013, said, "The reason why most cyber attackers are not arrested is because they're not physically in the country where they're committing the crime. A global coalition of common standards across multiple countries is imperative, and it's important to start considering how we can exchange people and information better."