Cybersecurity expertise sets US boards apart, as the UK lags

Read the full and original article in FT Board Director 

PA Consulting’s Richard Watson-Bruhn, US head of digital trust and cyber security, discusses how the US has advantage over the UK regarding cybersecurity expertise on boards in an article by Jessica Tasman-Jones in FT Board Director.

Commenting on this, Richard says: “There have been moves across some jurisdictions to increase the importance of cyber security at board level in financial services firms. But if the SEC’s move to have a general requirement across public companies progresses, it will become a leader in the area.”