Montserrat Receives Cyber Security Assistance From the UK

This week the Governor’s Office welcomed two cyber specialists from UK Government, to undertake training and help improve cyber awareness across the territory.

The team is hosted by Montserrat’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO), Dr John Lewis.

The visit is the next stage of support, following the cyber risk review undertaken on island last June.

According to a press release from the Governor’s Office they will focuses on the implementation of some of the outcomes of the review.

The cyber specialists will also work across the wider government to provide a range of support, including data protection legislation, cyber security awareness

training, and undertaking risk assessments of critical national information infrastructure installations.

Meantime on Friday, Deputy Premier, Dr. the Honourable Samuel Joseph, senior Government officials and critical national infrastructure providers will take part in a tabletop exercise - an interactive simulation

designed to engage participants and elicit responses to a fictitious incident.

This exercise will allow participants to experience a cyber attack simulation in a safe space.

The outcome will form the basis for cyber security response cross Montserrat.

Governor, Her Excellency Sarah Tucker says she is grateful to the UK Government for its continued support and expertise in this critical area of security, and look forward to continued partnership in this and other technical areas.