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£3M Cyber Security Centre opens in Gloucester

Homeland July 19, 2017

The new ‘Cyber Works’ centre, has been opened by Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin. The £3M centre is part of the Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy, which will see £1.9Bn invested in cyber security over the next five years. Based at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Gloucester, the centre will create 90 high tech ...

Groundbreaking cyber startup scheme

Homeland July 17, 2017

A new scheme has been announced as part of the government programme to develop the UK’s cyber security capability. The nine-month programme will see GCHQ collaborate with industry expertise to develop new cyber security technology, and the government is asking cyber security entreprenuers and start up firms to join the programme. This ...

Cyber security in defence supply

July 11, 2017

Cyber security is once again on the front pages and tops the list of security concerns following another round of high-profile attacks. With the sector experiencing exponential growth, and the technology falling into every area of industry, business, finance, health, government, and personal sectors, cyber security underpins the continued development of ...

NCSC advice to improve public sector cyber security

Homeland July 5, 2017

In the light of recent high-profile cyber attacks, such as wannacry and Petya, the National Cyber Security Centre has released up-to-date advice on how businesses and the public sector can improve their cyber security and protect their data. By implementing just four ‘Active Cyber Defence’ programmes, basic cyber security will be ...