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techUK welcomes new NSC Cyber sub-committee
The new National Security Council Cyber sub-committee will focus exclusively on cyber programmes and policy development in government.
In releasing a new list of Cabinet Committees, the Government has announced that a new National Security Council Cyber sub-committee will be created, “to consider matters relating to cyber programmes and policy development.” The sub-committee will be chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and will also have the Home Secretary, the Foreign Secretary and the Secretaries of State for Defence and Health among its membership.
Cabinet Committees are groups of ministers that can take collective decisions that are binding across government. They are designed to reduce the burden on Cabinet by enabling collective decisions to be taken by a smaller group of relevant and interested ministers.
The National Security Council is one such committee, and it deals with matters relating to National Security, Foreign Policy, and Defence. The establishment of the NSC (Cyber) sub-committee is welcome and highlights the growing importance that the Government places on cyber issues, as demonstrated by last year’s announcement of increased funding for cyber security, the creation of a new National Cyber Security Centre, the publication of the National Cyber Security Strategy (expected later this year), and the decision to include cyber-crime statistics in crime figures.
