As insurance and pension providers and government agencies send their employees home to avoid contact with the Coronavirus, many cyber-security teams are facing the unenviable challenge of securing sprawling, vulnerable networks.

Capita announces that it has secured a contract with Transport for London (TfL) to design and deliver key elements of the network infrastructure that will underpin the upcoming Emergency Services Network (ESN) throughout the London Underground.

If you search the Internet for the first example of hacking, you’ll come across the name of Nevil Maskelyne. He was an Edwardian magician, inventor and businessman.

A few years ago, a breach that impacted several million people would have been big news. In 2019 roughly 3.5 billion people saw their personal data stolen in the top two security breaches of that year alone.

Cyber security has an air of mystery to it. Something hidden in the shadows and only able to be understood by technologists and spies.

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for cyber security but also changed the very nature of the beast.

The Covid- 19 pandemic has us thinking differently about a lot of things. Security is high on that list.

Capita has secured a four-year agreement to deliver network and telecommunications services through the latest framework of YPO, one of the largest public-sector buying organisations in the UK.

Capita is helping organisations to improve their resilience though initiatives that build capacity and agility in technology, security, customer management and people aspects.

If any of us were in any doubt about the importance of giving back to the people and communities around us, the Covid-19 pandemic has certainly brought it home.