Skills shortage 'harming UK's ability to protect itself from cyber-attacks'

Government does not appear to have a coordinated strategy and agencies tasked with safeguarding are not consolidated, says MPs' report

Confidence in the government's ability to protect Britain from high-level cyber-attacks is being undermined by a skills shortage, parliament's spending watchdog has said.

Ministers have taken too long to consolidate the "alphabet soup" of agencies tasked with safeguarding the UK from cyber-attacks and there appears to be no coordination across the public sector, the public accounts committee (PAC) said.