Security News > 2021 > December > National Cyber Strategy will lead to BritChip for mobile devices by 2025, claims UK.gov

The British government has launched a £2.6bn National Cyber Strategy, intended to steer the state's thinking on cyber attack, defence and technology for the next three years - and there's some good news if you run a tech company.

Its authors praised the formation of the National Cyber Force "Offensive cyber activity" unit, a joint venture between spy agency MI6, domestic intel agency GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence.

Rew Elliott, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's deputy director for cyber security and innovation, told the press that DCMS wants to move public sector pools of infosec talent outside London, saying: "We're looking to continue to build Cheltenham as a recognised international centre for for cybersecurity. And of course, there's the National Cyber Force in Samlesbury."

Bharat Mistry, UK technical director at Trend Micro, gave the strategy a thumbs-up: "Having a coherent national cyber strategy will be essential if UK wants to be recognised as a science and tech superpower for scientific research, innovation, and leading edge in critical areas such as artificial intelligence."

Rob Jones, director-general of the National Crime Agency's National Economic Crime Centre, said in a canned statement that he was looking forward to British state-backed online forces attacking cyber criminals' infrastructure.

The government-backed UK Cyber Security Council has also been awarded a Royal Charter to coincide with the launch of the strategy today.

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