National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Agency overview
Formed 2016
Headquarters Victoria, London, England, United Kingdom
Agency executives
  • Ciaran Martin, CEO
  • Dr Ian Levy, Technical Director
Parent agency Government Communications Headquarters
Website NCSC.gov.uk

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is an organisation of the United Kingdom Government that provides advice and support for the public and private sector in how to avoid computer security threats. Based in London, it became operational in October 2016, and its parent organisation is GCHQ.[1]

History

The NCSC absorbed and replaced CESG (the information security arm of GCHQ), the Centre for Cyber Assessment (CCA), Computer Emergency Response Team UK (CERT UK) and the cyber-related responsibilities of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI).[2] It built on earlier efforts of these organisations and the Cabinet Office to provide guidance on Information Assurance to the UK's wider private sector, such as the "10 Steps" guidance released in January 2015. In pre-launch announcements, the UK government stated that the NCSC would first work with the Bank of England to advise financial institutions on how to bolster online defences.[3]

The centre was first announced in November 2015 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. The existing Director General Cyber of GCHQ, Ciaran Martin, leads the new centre, and GCHQ's current Technical Director of Cyber Security, Dr Ian Levy, assumed the same role at the NCSC.[4]

The centre was dedicated by the Queen on February 14, 2017.[5][6] Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced an investment of £1.9 billion and an initiative to embed 100 people from industry into the NCSC on secondment.[7][8]

In April 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will contribute to this initiative. The likely location for the CSOC will be MoD Corsham.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ HM Government (1 November 2016). "National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "About us". National Cyber Security Centre. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Corera, Gordon (18 March 2016). "Bank of England to work with new cybersecurity body". BBC News. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Jones, Sam (18 March 2016). "UK launches National Cyber Security Centre". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "National Cyber Security Centre: Queen opens new HQ as business warned it is unprepared for attacks". ITV News. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cybersecurity: Queen opens centre to protect against attacks". BBC. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Chancellor's speech at the National Cyber Security Centre opening". HM Treasury. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Britain to enter 'new era of online opportunity'". NCSC. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Ministry of Defence (1 April 2016). "Defence Secretary announces £40m Cyber Security Operations Centre". gov.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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