Conrad Prince CB – The Threat from Terrorist Use of Cyber

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Episode #001 - Conrad Prince CB – The Threat from Terrorist Use of Cyber.
Conrad Prince CB is Pool Re’s senior adviser on cyber and terrorism. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the leading defence and security think tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and also advises a range of companies on cyber strategy. He spent most of a 30 year career in public service at GCHQ, the UK’s cyber intelligence and security agency. He was deputy head of the agency for seven years. Following that he was the UK Government’s first Cyber Security Ambassador, helping overseas governments develop their national cyber strategies and capabilities.
In this episode we talk through some of the following themes: The general cyber threat to the UK; what is the threat to the UK from the terrorist use of cyber; how we talk about terrorist use of cyber vs cyber terrorism; the level of cyber capability UK and global terrorists have; the role of non-state cyber actors in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its implications; the threat to property from terrorist use of cyber, and more.

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• To read Conrad Prince CB’s written report on the role of non-state actors in the Russia-Ukraine conflict please see the Pool Re Solutions monthly threat update from December 2022 at Monthly Threat Update December 2022 - Pool Reinsurance.

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1. Podcast Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Reality of the Threat Posed to the UK by Terrorist Use of Cyber (00:00:01)

3. Introducing Conrad Prince CB (00:00:30)

4. Assessment of Current UK Cyber Threat (00:03:46)

5. UK Resilience to Cyber Threats (00:08:18)

6. Cyber Terrorism Vs Terrorist Use of Cyber (00:11:25)

7. Why Do Terrorist Actors Not Prioritise the use of Cyber? (00:15:28)

8. The Reality of the Threat From Terrorist Use of Cyber (00:21:07)

9. Does Insider Risk Enable Terrorist Use of Cyber? (00:27:21)

10. Impact of Russia-Ukraine War on the Use of Cyber (00:30:08)

11. Final Assessment of the Threat From Terrorist Use of Cyber to the UK (00:36:41)

12. Signing Off With Conrad Prince CB (00:38:11)

13. Pool Re Outro (00:38:49)