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NEAL ROMANEK: To begin with, Simon, could you update us on what the AIB has been up to – and how it currently views the landscape of cybersecurity in broadcast?
SIMON SPANSWICK: One of the pieces of work we got involved in a few years ago was cybersecurity, because it was starting to raise its head. We were seeing more and more problems for a lot of broadcasters; so some of them came to us and said: “How can we share knowledge? How can we work together and improve the current situation?” “THE PROBLEM HAS INCREASED, PARTICULARLY OVERTHE PAST 18 MONTHS OFTHE PANDEMIC”
Not all broadcasters are as well-resourced at dealing with the challenge of security. The problem has increased, particularly over the past 18 months of the pandemic, where everyone has been working from home. There are extra points of entry when broadcasting remotely. We’ve done lots of work with the UK National Cyber Security Centre – part of GCHQ, the government’s signal monitoring station. We’ve also talked to other agencies across the world; they are concerned about the effect on critical national infrastructure, which broadcasters represent. There’s a worry about whether companies have the tools to address the cybersecurity problem.
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