UK defence facing a “step-change” in how adversaries use digital and data: “Attitudes, culture” must change

"Our ability to collect data risks overmatching the ability of our analysts to analyse and exploit it at the speed we need"

UK defence facing a “step-change” in how adversaries use digital and data: “Attitudes, culture” must change
Royal Marines in Estonia for Exercise Spring Storm 2023. Credit: MOD

The UK’s threat landscape is being disrupted by a “a step-change in how state and non-state actors collect and analyse data” an intelligence chief has warned, saying that HMG's data collection reach exceeds its analytics grasp and a new data analytics ecosystem is needed.