Security News > 2020 > June > British Army pulls up its SOC: New regiment to do infosec work even civvies will recognise
The British Army has raised a new regiment that will take charge of its in-house security operations centre, a move calculated to make cyber defence a more mainstream part of all things armed and camouflaged.
The Ministry of Defence stated that 13 Sigs will "Provide the basis of the new Army Cyber Information Security Operations Centre, focusing on the protection of Defence's cyber domain."
A "Level 3" support outfit, this sub-unit also has the job of testing proposed new Army network infrastructure kit; one of its three troops is the Communication and Information Systems Trials and Development Unit, which sounds far less exciting** than the Royal Armoured Corps' equivalent, the Armoured Trials and Development Unit.
The new regiment builds on moves last publicly made in 2018, when then-defence secretary Gavin Williamson called upon techies to join the Army.
With a unit now squarely dedicated to traditional infosec organisational defence with a smattering of IT support plus grey hat work, perhaps the well-known shortage of skilled infosec personnel in the Army might become less of a problem in coming years.