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National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)

January 01, 1970

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. It is the UK's National technical authority for cyber threats and Information Assurance Based in London, it became operational in October 2016, and its parent organisation is GCHQ.[2]

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Agency overview
Formed3 October 2016; 7 years ago (3 October 2016)
HeadquartersVictoria, London, England, United Kingdom
Employees>1,000[1]
Annual budget£1.9 billion (National Cyber Security Strategy, 2016–2021)[1]
Agency executives
  • Lindy Cameron, CEO
  • Felicity Oswald OBE, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
  • Paul Chichester MBE, Director of Operations
  • Chris Ensor, Deputy Director for Cyber Growth
  • Eleanor Fairford, Deputy Director for Incident Management
  • Dr Marsha Quallo-Wright, Deputy Director - Critical National Infrastructure
  • Jonathon Ellison OBE, Director for National Resilience and Future Technology
Parent agencyGovernment Communications Headquarters
Websitewww.ncsc.gov.uk

History edit

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).[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] A detailed paper on the creation of the NCSC, including a description of its structure and future challenges, written by the then Director of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, who is widely credited with establishing the centre, was published by the Royal United Services Institute in February 2019.[6]

The centre was dedicated by the Queen on 14 February 2017.[7][8][9] 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.[10][11]

In April 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) "to protect the MOD's cyberspace from malicious actors" with a budget of over £40 million will contribute to this initiative. It is located at MoD Corsham.[12][13]

In October 2017, technical director Ian Levy was targeted by email prankster James Linton with a fake industry event; however, Levy correctly identified the unexpected headers and worked with him to put out a security blog about the incident.[14][15]

On 1 October 2020 Lindy Cameron, formerly director-general of the Northern Ireland Office, took over from Ciaran Martin as CEO.[16][17][18]

In December 2023, it was announced that Lindy Cameron would step down in early 2024.[19]

List of chief executives edit

  1. Ciaran Martin (3 October 2016 to 31 August 2020)[20]
  2. Lindy Cameron (1 October 2020 to present; was Acting CEO (1 September 2020 to 30 September 2020))[21]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Cyber security in the UK" (PDF). House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts. 15 May 2019. (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ HM Government (1 November 2016). "National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021" (PDF). gov.uk. (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  3. ^ "About us". National Cyber Security Centre. from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ Corera, Gordon (18 March 2016). "Bank of England to work with new cybersecurity body". BBC News. from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. ^ Jones, Sam (18 March 2016). "UK launches National Cyber Security Centre". Financial Times. from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. ^ . RUSI. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ^ "National Cyber Security Centre: Queen opens new HQ as business warned it is unprepared for attacks". ITV News. 14 February 2017. from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Cybersecurity: Queen opens centre to protect against attacks". BBC. 14 February 2017. from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Director GCHQ speaks at the official opening of the National Cyber Security Centre | GCHQ Site". www.gchq.gov.uk. from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Chancellor's speech at the National Cyber Security Centre opening". HM Treasury. 14 February 2017. from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Britain to enter 'new era of online opportunity'". NCSC. 13 February 2017. from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Defence Secretary announces £40m Cyber Security Operations Centre". Ministry of Defence. 1 April 2016. from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  13. ^ Hammick, Murray (30 October 2018). . The Military Times. London. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  14. ^ Levy, Ian (30 October 2017). "The serious side of pranking". from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  15. ^ Stokel-Walker, Chris (28 September 2017). "Revealed: The real identity of prankster king SINON_REBORN". from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  16. ^ Williams, Oscar (28 July 2020). "NIO's Lindy Cameron to succeed Ciaran Martin as NCSC CEO". New Statesman. from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  17. ^ Sheridan, Danielle (28 July 2020). "Ex-diplomat to be next cyber security CEO". The Daily Telegraph. from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  18. ^ "NCSC announces Lindy Cameron as new CEO". www.ncsc.gov.uk. from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  19. ^ "NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024 | Computer Weekly". ComputerWeekly.com. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  20. ^ "National Cyber Security Centre appoints Lindy Cameron as new CEO". Fire Safety Matters. 5 August 2020. from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  21. ^ "National Cyber Security Centre appoints new CEO". Security World Market. from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

External links edit

  • Official website  
  • "New National Cyber Security Centre set to bring UK expertise together" – UK Government press release, March 2016
  • "10 steps to cyber security" – NCSC, November 2018

January 01, 1970
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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 It is the UK s National technical authority for cyber threats and Information Assurance Based in London it became operational in October 2016 and its parent organisation is GCHQ 2 National Cyber Security Centre NCSC Agency overviewFormed3 October 2016 7 years ago 3 October 2016 HeadquartersVictoria London England United KingdomEmployees gt 1 000 1 Annual budget 1 9 billion National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 2021 1 Agency executivesLindy Cameron CEOFelicity Oswald OBE Chief Operating Officer COO Paul Chichester MBE Director of OperationsChris Ensor Deputy Director for Cyber GrowthEleanor Fairford Deputy Director for Incident ManagementDr Marsha Quallo Wright Deputy Director Critical National InfrastructureJonathon Ellison OBE Director for National Resilience and Future TechnologyParent agencyGovernment Communications HeadquartersWebsitewww wbr ncsc wbr gov wbr uk Contents 1 History 1 1 List of chief executives 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe 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 3 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 4 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 5 A detailed paper on the creation of the NCSC including a description of its structure and future challenges written by the then Director of GCHQ Robert Hannigan who is widely credited with establishing the centre was published by the Royal United Services Institute in February 2019 6 The centre was dedicated by the Queen on 14 February 2017 7 8 9 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 10 11 In April 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that a Cyber Security Operations Centre CSOC to protect the MOD s cyberspace from malicious actors with a budget of over 40 million will contribute to this initiative It is located at MoD Corsham 12 13 In October 2017 technical director Ian Levy was targeted by email prankster James Linton with a fake industry event however Levy correctly identified the unexpected headers and worked with him to put out a security blog about the incident 14 15 On 1 October 2020 Lindy Cameron formerly director general of the Northern Ireland Office took over from Ciaran Martin as CEO 16 17 18 In December 2023 it was announced that Lindy Cameron would step down in early 2024 19 List of chief executives edit Ciaran Martin 3 October 2016 to 31 August 2020 20 Lindy Cameron 1 October 2020 to present was Acting CEO 1 September 2020 to 30 September 2020 21 See also editUK cyber security community National Cyber Security Centre disambiguation in other countries National Cyber Force National Protective Security Authority GovAssure Cyber Assessment FrameworkReferences edit a b Cyber security in the UK PDF House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts 15 May 2019 Archived PDF from the original on 27 November 2020 Retrieved 1 August 2020 HM Government 1 November 2016 National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 2021 PDF gov uk Archived PDF from the original on 1 November 2016 Retrieved 2 November 2016 About us National Cyber Security Centre Archived from the original on 12 March 2017 Retrieved 9 March 2017 Corera Gordon 18 March 2016 Bank of England to work with new cybersecurity body BBC News Archived from the original on 31 December 2017 Retrieved 19 March 2016 Jones Sam 18 March 2016 UK launches National Cyber Security Centre Financial Times Archived from the original on 29 May 2016 Retrieved 19 March 2016 Organising a Government for Cyber The Creation of the UK s National Cyber Security Centre RUSI 27 February 2019 Archived from the original on 17 May 2019 Retrieved 17 March 2019 National Cyber Security Centre Queen opens new HQ as business warned it is unprepared for attacks ITV News 14 February 2017 Archived from the original on 19 September 2018 Retrieved 14 February 2017 Cybersecurity Queen opens centre to protect against attacks BBC 14 February 2017 Archived from the original on 20 June 2019 Retrieved 15 February 2017 Director GCHQ speaks at the official opening of the National Cyber Security Centre GCHQ Site www gchq gov uk Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 Retrieved 17 March 2019 Chancellor s speech at the National Cyber Security Centre opening HM Treasury 14 February 2017 Archived from the original on 10 March 2017 Retrieved 15 February 2017 Britain to enter new era of online opportunity NCSC 13 February 2017 Archived from the original on 5 October 2018 Retrieved 15 February 2017 Defence Secretary announces 40m Cyber Security Operations Centre Ministry of Defence 1 April 2016 Archived from the original on 25 April 2019 Retrieved 2 April 2016 Hammick Murray 30 October 2018 The Budget and Defence The Military Times London Archived from the original on 22 October 2019 Retrieved 7 May 2020 Levy Ian 30 October 2017 The serious side of pranking Archived from the original on 6 April 2020 Retrieved 6 April 2020 Stokel Walker Chris 28 September 2017 Revealed The real identity of prankster king SINON REBORN Archived from the original on 6 April 2020 Retrieved 10 April 2020 Williams Oscar 28 July 2020 NIO s Lindy Cameron to succeed Ciaran Martin as NCSC CEO New Statesman Archived from the original on 29 July 2020 Retrieved 28 July 2020 Sheridan Danielle 28 July 2020 Ex diplomat to be next cyber security CEO The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 29 July 2020 Retrieved 28 July 2020 NCSC announces Lindy Cameron as new CEO www ncsc gov uk Archived from the original on 24 June 2021 Retrieved 26 August 2020 NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024 Computer Weekly ComputerWeekly com Retrieved 6 January 2024 National Cyber Security Centre appoints Lindy Cameron as new CEO Fire Safety Matters 5 August 2020 Archived from the original on 12 September 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 National Cyber Security Centre appoints new CEO Security World Market Archived from the original on 12 September 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 External links editOfficial 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