LONDON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Britain needs to up its game on counterespionage in order to protect its industrial defense secrets, the head of the armed forces in the UK has warned.
In November MI5, Britain\u2019s internal intelligence agency, warned of cyber and other espionage\u00a0attempts by the Russians were on the increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China is also thought to be attempting to hoover up Western defense and commercial secrets using cyberattacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this year, the head BAE Systems’ cybersecurity business estimated the company was on average fending off more than 100 attempted cyberattacks a year by state players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Peach, Britain has entered an era of “strategic state-on-state competition, which I do not see ending soon.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britain unveiled a new national cybersecurity strategy earlier this year, which included the creation of an offensive program by the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ signals intelligence agency, in part, to help counter cyber-espionage attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peach said that it was also necessary to pay close attention to intelligence in building up a broader picture of potential adversaries’ military capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I\u2019d like to emphasis we really need to accept that military intelligence is a valid form of activity. Now more than ever we need to understand other people\u2019s military capabilities,” he said.\u00a0“We really need to make sure defense intelligence is strong enough to understand the world we are in. Even more importantly it needs to complement the work of the other services, [MI5,MI6 and GCHQ].”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britain recently launched a national cybersecurity center to act as a fusion point for information from its intelligence services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peach said the military is playing its part in the new center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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