Opinion

March 19, 2019

"Shaming could end up punishing bootstrapped startups"

Renowned cybersecurity expert Cal Leeming says we should be careful of publically shaming companies with substandard cybersecurity.


Cal Leeming

4 min read

Private companies should be incentivised to improve their cyber defences by “publicly shaming” those that do not comply with accepted norms. This, at least, is the argument of policy experts at the Cyber Security Research Group at King’s College London, who say it will help combat cybercrime.

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