Introduction

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SICSA

Cyber Security Meetup

Friday 18th May 2012

Martin Beaton

The strategy

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NSS Tier 1 Risks:

- Terrorism - Cyber attack - Major natural hazards and accidents - International military crises

The response

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£650,000,000 public money

National CyberSecurity hub CyberCrime unit with NCA

GCHQ Joint Cyber Unit

Build up GCHQ

Encourage, support & develop education and R&D

From Government Cyber Security strategy documenthttp://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/uk-cyber-security-strategy-final.pdf

Foster a vibrant and innovative cyber security sector in the UK, including exploring new partnerships between GCHQ and business to capitalise on unique Government expertise

Encourage industry-led standards and guidance that are readily used and understood, and that help companies who are good at security make that a selling point.

The vision

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• University of Bristol• Imperial College London• Lancaster University• Queens University Belfast• Royal Holloway, University of London• University of Southampton• University College London

Academic Centers of Excellence

• Closer collaboration with GCHQ• Partnership endorsement• Better understanding of issues• Formulate future research agenda• Extra funding opportunities• £50,000 capital investment• PhD studentships

The journey

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Interconnected stakeholders

The action

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Phase 1- Map out academic & industry landscape- Engage with Police- Engage with Government

Phase 2- Help create a cohesive, tangible group- Establish KT pipelines- Seek out and promote new funding opportunities- Increase Scottish research base- Collaborate with other departments

Phase 3- Create a GCHQ Scottish Centre of Excellence- Enhance and increase KT pipelines- Create a self sustaining Scottish Cyber Security presence- Increased researcher numbers

CEReS Grant

Consortia for Exploratory Research in Security (EPSRC & ESRC) Closing date 14th June http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/Pages/ceres.aspx

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£4,000,000 availableBetween £500k and £1M

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