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Defence Secretary announces major cyber investment

October 25, 2016

The UK will invest up to £265m to boost the defence of military cyber systems, the Defence Secretary has announced. Michael Fallon said the investment, which supports the new Cyber Vulnerability Investigations (CVI) programme, will help the MOD better understand cyber risks. Speaking at the second International Cyber Symposium Mr Fallon said ...

Defence Secretary’s speech at the second RUSI Cyber Symposium

October 25, 2016

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon MP recently addressed the second RUSI Cyber Symposium in London, where he announced a major new £265 million investment. Here, MOD DCB presents some of the highlights from his speech: “Anyone with a laptop, and a clever bit of open-source, encrypted software, can do us harm. ...

Stop! Think! Connect : European Cyber Security Month

Homeland October 21, 2016

European Cyber Security Month is currently underway with a number of events across the continent designed to promote cyber security and advocate change in the perception of cyber threats by promoting good practice. The event began in 2012 and has been held every October, increasing in popularity every year, with 2016 seeing ...

UK ‘steps up’ to cyber threat

Homeland October 20, 2016

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has addressed the second International Cyber Symposium in London today. Co-hosted by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Ministry of Defence, the symposium will see a wide range of interested personnel from the Cyber community, with multi-national panels, composed of senior military officers, representatives from ...