UK.gov cyber alert hub is up

NCSC, a UK government-run national cyber incident response bureau, opened its virtual door for business on Tuesday.

The new organisation will serve as a hub for sharing best practices in security between public and private sectors as well as taking a lead role in national cyber incident response. The organisation will report to GCHQ, the signals intelligence agency, and is led by GCHQ alumnus Ciaran Martin.

NCSC’s mission is to make the UK the “safest place to live and do business online”, as explained in greater depth in a blog post by Martin here.

NCSC brings together CESG (the information security arm of GCHQ), the Centre for Cyber Assessment, Computer Emergency Response Team UK (CERT UK) and the cyber-related responsibilities of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure. ®