National Cyber Security Centre

 

Who are the NCSC?

 

Launched in October 2016, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC),  is a UK Govt Agency that brings together expertise from CESG (the information assurance arm of GCHQ), the Centre for Cyber Assessment, CERT-UK, and the Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (which became the National Protective Security Authority, NPSA, in March 2023).

 

What do they do?

 

The NCSC:

Ø provides practical guidance 

Ø responds to cyber security incidents

Ø Utilises industry and academic expertise to help secure the UK’s cyber security

 

They also provide a single point of contact for SMEs, larger organisations, government agencies and the general public.