After 43 years of inclusion, the UK has voted to leave the European Union in the historically unprecedented “Brexit” referendum vote. Aside from causing uncertainty in the world’s financial markets and across the political landscape, the result has implications for cybersecurity too.
While some cybersecurity pros say that Brexit will have little ill effect on the space, others aren’t so sure. For one, Michela Menting, research director for ABI Research, noted that the UK will need to review its role Europol and the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), which is the focal point in the EU’s fight against cybercrime.
“Organized online criminal activities are undeniably best tackled from a cooperative, supra-national perspective, and the UK’s isolation that may result from Brexit would be an unwelcome development in the fight against cybercrime,” she said. “Further to this, new cybersecurity information and asset sharing structures will need to be put in place between the EU and the UK.”
There may also be a dampening impact on the country with regards to the UK workforce skills pool. For the full article click here
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