Understanding what drives teen hackers is key to securing your business, says cyber expert Shelton Newsham
Natural curiosity can lead some to open some wrong doors
Company directors underestimate the risk of cyber attacks, largely because they don't believe themselves to be a target. That's according to Shelton Newsham, who spent 20 years in the West Yorkshire Police, including four as leader of the Cyber Prevent and Cyber Protect functions and the Organised Crime Unit of Yorkshire and Humber Police, before leaving at the end of last year to set up a consultancy Newsham Business Solutions Ltd.
In his Cyber Prevent role, he and his colleagues acted as mentors for young people who for one reason or another had come to the attention of the police, with the aim of persuading them to direct their disruptive talents into GCSEs and A-Levels rather than veering off into illegality.