The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced plans to convene public and private experts in a new Cyber League in an effort to combat cyber threats facing the UK.
Members of Cyber League will be a diverse group of industry experts, working with NCSC analysts and each other. The group will take part in a range of engagements, analytic workshops and discussion groups with the intention to improve visibility and tracking of existing and emerging threats.
“We continue to operate in a world of greater competition, instability, and contention than we have in over 30 years; a time before which cyber was material.
“As such we need to go beyond the excellent work already in place […] and prepare for when the big cyber event hits organizations, the UK, and the globe. Our adversaries, criminal and otherwise, are more aggressive and technically able than ever before, and show no sign of slowing down,” Ollie Whitehouse, new NCSC CTO warned earlier this week.
The initiative will complement the NCSC’s Industry i100 program, where third-party cyber experts are seconded to work at the agency on a part-time basis.
Jason Keirstead, VP of Collective Threat Defense, Cyware:
“It is extremely encouraging to see this announcement from the NCSC. As we have seen with the JCDC program in the United States, there are tangible benefits whenever the public and private sectors increase their collective defense efforts. Cybersecurity is a whole-of-nation problem and cannot be solved by industry and government working alone, we must continue to engage as frequently and as widely as practical.”
This almost sounds like UK has pulled a team of superheroes together to fight cybercrime. Jokes aside, this is a good idea. And more countries should do something similar.
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UK Builds Public-Private ‘Cyber League’ To Combat Emerging Cyber Threats
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced plans to convene public and private experts in a new Cyber League in an effort to combat cyber threats facing the UK.
Members of Cyber League will be a diverse group of industry experts, working with NCSC analysts and each other. The group will take part in a range of engagements, analytic workshops and discussion groups with the intention to improve visibility and tracking of existing and emerging threats.
“We continue to operate in a world of greater competition, instability, and contention than we have in over 30 years; a time before which cyber was material.
“As such we need to go beyond the excellent work already in place […] and prepare for when the big cyber event hits organizations, the UK, and the globe. Our adversaries, criminal and otherwise, are more aggressive and technically able than ever before, and show no sign of slowing down,” Ollie Whitehouse, new NCSC CTO warned earlier this week.
The initiative will complement the NCSC’s Industry i100 program, where third-party cyber experts are seconded to work at the agency on a part-time basis.
Jason Keirstead, VP of Collective Threat Defense, Cyware:
“It is extremely encouraging to see this announcement from the NCSC. As we have seen with the JCDC program in the United States, there are tangible benefits whenever the public and private sectors increase their collective defense efforts. Cybersecurity is a whole-of-nation problem and cannot be solved by industry and government working alone, we must continue to engage as frequently and as widely as practical.”
This almost sounds like UK has pulled a team of superheroes together to fight cybercrime. Jokes aside, this is a good idea. And more countries should do something similar.
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