Why web browsers are key to cyber security | Sponsored
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
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🗓️ 18 October 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Cyber-crime is predicted to cost the global economy $8tn this year, in part due to increased remote working - borne out by a spike in malware attacks at the start of the pandemic.
But should responsibility for security lie solely with individual employees?
“We really think it should be the responsibility of the browser vendor, the web developer, and the IT admin to make sure that the user doesn't have to think about security as much as possible,” says Emily Stark, a software engineer at Google, who joins host Becky Slack on this episode.
Also on the panel is cyber security expert Matt Hasker, global web director of Get Safe Online.
Together they explore the role browsers can play in securing users' and companies' data online.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman |
| 0:02.0 | Statesman |
| 0:04.0 | The New Statesman |
| 0:15.3 | podcast hosted by the New Statesman Spotlight team. We report on policy for |
| 0:20.7 | those who shape it and the business leaders it affects. |
| 0:24.0 | Today, is your web browser keeping your data safe? |
| 0:33.0 | This episode is brought to you in association with Google Chrome OS. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Becky Slack. Whether you work in an office or remotely, the chances are that if you're a so-called |
| 0:50.9 | white-collar worker, you do many of your daily tasks inside a web browser, |
| 0:55.8 | and you likely think nothing of it. But the rise of browser-based working has created new points of |
| 1:00.8 | weakness for corporate cyber security. In August, the UK's National Cyber |
| 1:05.9 | Security Center, which is part of GQ, along with 12 international counterparts, issued a joint advisory warning |
| 1:13.9 | organizations about the importance of updating their systems after |
| 1:17.8 | malicious cyber actors routinely targeted older software in 2022. They specifically mentioned these actors targeting |
| 1:25.3 | flaws in internet facing systems. This was despite security updates being available. |
| 1:31.2 | I'm joined by a pair of esteemed guests who are going to discuss why |
| 1:35.0 | secure browsing is vital for organizations and employers in today's economy, |
| 1:39.2 | what kind of risk unsafe browsers carry, and how policy and regulation can help? |
| 1:45.4 | Emily Stark is a software engineer at Google and Matt Hasker is Global Web Director of |
| 1:51.0 | Internet Safety website Get safe online. Emily |
| 1:54.6 | Matt welcome to the podcast. Matt let's start with you can you please paint a |
| 1:59.7 | picture for our listeners of the risk posed by unsafe browsers? |
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