Cyber Security Strategy of the United Kingdom : Safety, Security and Resilience in Cyber Space

From the daily activities of surfing the web, online shopping and social networking, to the networked activity underpinning the work of government, business and the national infrastructure, the UK's dependence on cyber space is growing rapidly.

It is vital that cyber space continues to function effectively.

Cyber space cuts across many of the threats and drivers outlined in the 2009 update to the "Security for the Next Generation (Cm. 7590)": it reaches across international borders, is largely anonymous and the technology that underpins it continues to develop rapidly.

The threats to those who use cyber space range from phishing (to enable credit-card fraud) through to corporate espionage.

This cyber security strategy aims to: reduce the risk for the UK's use of cyber space; exploit opportunities; and, improve knowledge, capabilities and decision-making. The Government will: establish a cross-government programme to address priority areas; work closely with the wider public sector, industry, civil liberties groups, the general public and with international partners; set up an Office of Cyber Security (OSC) to provide strategic leadership; and, create a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) to monitor the health of cyber space and co-ordinate incident response, enabling better understanding of attacks against UK networks and providing information about the risks to business and the public.

This document is published alongside the update to the National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom "Security for the Next Generation (Cm. 7590)" (ISBN 9780101759021), which is available to buy.