The West faces an “epoch-defining” challenge from China that must be addressed before it becomes the world’s leading technological power, one of the country’s top security chiefs warns today.
Lindy Cameron, head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will say that the UK and its allies cannot afford complacency over the “dramatic rise of China as a technology superpower”.
Beijing is aiming for technical supremacy over western countries rather than parity and, if it is allowed to succeed, the strength will be used to “achieve a dominant role in global affairs”, she will say.
Cameron, who is responsible for the UK’s cyberprotection as chief executive of the organisation, an arm of GCHQ, will warn in her speech: “Bluntly we cannot afford not to keep
