Council boosts cyber security amid threats

TRAINING IS BEING STEPPED UP TO 'AVOID HUMAN ERROR'

- By ALISON STEPHENSON

EXTRA levels of security are being brought in to protect Plymouth City Council against cyber attacks.

Staff and councillors are among the biggest risks when it comes to cyber security, a meeting heard last week.

Training is being stepped up to “avoid human error” which could pave the way for hackers to get into the system. Anyone who does not regularly update their technology will be locked out of their computers and have to apply to get in again.

Speaking to the council's scrutiny management board last Wednesday, Cllr Sue Dann (Lab, Sutton and Mount Gould), cabinet member for human resources, said with much of the council’s work now dependent on using IT, it was necessary for everyone to conduct “due diligence”.