Preparing for future cyber crises: lessons from governance of the coronavirus pandemic

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had an immense impact on public policy and the management of risks that threaten critical systems, such as national health services. Drawing perspectives from multiple disciplines, this article considers lessons-learned with respect to mitigating threats systems societal harms presented by proliferation malware. dovetails crisis cyber resilience, for purpose analyzing transferable good-practices areas-for-improvement, drawing preparedness response strategies deployed in policymaking United Kingdom during pandemic. Reflecting key local ransomware incidents have impacted services, offers a post-SARS-CoV-2 review recent British strategic outputs resilience; most notably National Cyber Security Strategy Government Strategy. focuses lessons may be learned communications strategies. argues although cyber-security hold significant promise terms improving preparedness, recovery relation future crisis, nuanced, dynamic empathetic multi-stakeholder engagement will required order meaningfully implement measures outlined strategy documents.