Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 12 | Page 22

COMMENT ASSESSING THE COST OF BREXIT FROM A CYBER SECURITY STANDPOINT While economists and politicians continue to consider the cost of the British public’s June 2016 vote to exit (Brexit) the European Union (EU), the cyber security community is equally looking to assess the impact of the decision on the sharing of cyber breach information internationally and what it means for cross border data access, writes Harshul Joshi is Senior Vice President of Cyber Governance, Risk and Compliance at DarkMatter. 22 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com