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UK ministers didn't understand national cyber resilience when elected - GCHQ

"They had lots of bright ideas about defence but..."

Five members of the CyberUK panel on "Transforming Resilience" sit on stage, including GCHQ Director Anne Keast-Butler
The GCHQ Director shared her experience guiding the new government at the CyberUK 2025 event in Manchester.

The UK Government was “really new” to the breadth of the country’s cyber dependence when it came to power last year, the director of GCHQ has revealed as she encouraged more international collaboration on cybersecurity.

Speaking at the Cyber UK 2025 event, alongside cyber leads from Germany, Japan and Singapore, Anne Keast-Butler described welcoming the government’s new set of ministers as “an opportunity and challenge.”

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