National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)
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| Formed | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Victoria, London, England, United Kingdom |
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| Parent agency | Government Communications Headquarters |
| Website | NCSC.gov.uk |
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 cyber threats. Based in London, it became operational in October 2016, and its parent organisation is GCHQ.
The organisation builds on earlier collaboration between GCHQ CESG, CPNI 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.
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, will lead the new centre, and GCHQ's current Technical Director of Cyber Security, Dr Ian Levy, will assume the same role at the NCSC.
In April 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will contribute to this initiative. The likely location for the CSOC will be MoD Corsham.
The centre was dedicated by the Queen on February 14, 2017.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.
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