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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