‘Attacks will get through’: head of GCHQ urges companies to do more to fight cybercrime

<p>Anne Keast-Butler says government and business must to work together to tackle future attacks as AI makes cybercrime easier</p><p>Companies need to do more to mitigate the potential effects of cyber-attacks, the head of GCHQ has said, including making physical, paper copies of crisis plans to use if an attack brings down entire computer systems.</p><p>“What are your contingency plans? Because attacks will get through,” said Anne Keast-Butler, who has headed GCHQ, the British government’s cyber and signals intelligence agency, since 2023.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/23/gchq-companies-cyber-crime-threat">Continue reading...</a>