Why sports venues need to step up to the plate on cybersecurity

If you’ve attended a sporting event in recent years you’ll be familiar with the airport-like security that has become commonplace at even mid-sized venues, but have you ever thought about its protections against a cyber attack?

It’s something Ben Morris says he’s aware of at every event he goes to – as the chairman of the National Cyber Security Centre’s sports trust group, perhaps that’s not unexpected.

However, “in the UK, I’d say a large portion of the venues still do not consider cybersecurity a major focus area for themselves,” he tells The Stack, citing expenses and misunderstandings over what it should entail.

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