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techUK National Security Committee Strategic Priorities 2023

Governed by the National Security Committee, the mission of techUK's National Security programme is to advocate for and provide better collaboration between industry and the National Security community to create an environment for meaningful transformation across the sector.

techUK's National Security Committee has identified 4 strategic priorities that along with wider membership would assist on improving the security posture of the UK. These priorities are as follows:

Improved UK sovereign skilled workforce within national security

  1. production, attraction, and retention of a digitally skilled, sovereign, diverse workforce
  2. assisting the Authority(s) to transform the vetting process in the UK; working to create a more digital, user-friendly, and more efficient system

Threat Intelligence

  1. cyber threat intelligence and foreign threat intelligence, along with the broader long-term threat landscape within the UK. How to identify and mitigate risk and threat

Trusted partnership between HMG and technology suppliers to help shape policy that influences national security

  1. improve HMG’s process of acting on industry policy recommendations
  2. drafting strategies in partnership with industry
  3. rewarding high standards in security through procurement

Supply-chain risk·

  1. upskilling smaller organisations within techUK membership for greater risk awareness
  2. act as a conduit to help and inspire techUK members to think about how they pose risk
  3. ensuring understanding on how organisational activities fit into supply-chain risks.
Committee Member Committee Representative Company Role
Vodafone Stephen Knibbs (Chair) UK Head of Security and CISO, heading Secure CNI
Leidos UK Alan Potter (Vice-Chair) VP & MD National Security & Defence Division
Accenture Madeline H. Lewis Managing Director and UK Armed Forces Network Sponsor 
Amazon Web Services  Mike Nayler  Senior Manager
Arqit Daniel Shiu Chief Cryptographer
Baker & McKenzie LLP  Ross Evans Senior Associate
BT Group  Stuart Lyle  Senior Manager of Security Liaison & Industry Collaboration 
Capgemini Richard Major  Client Director and Delivery Manager | Public Sector
Capita plc Jim Fox  Business Consultant Manager
CDS Defence & Security Martin Nash Head of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CS&IA) Services
CGI Patrick Hutchings UK & Australia Sector Lead for Secure Innovation & Advisory
Clue Software Matt Horne Head of Policing & Government
CyberHive Ltd Sarah Blundell Chief Operating Officer 
Electralink Kulwinder Johal Head of Information Security
Fujitsu Paul Dickens Public Sector UKI CISO, Enterprise Cyber Security
IBM Glen Martin Technology Managing Director
iProov Campbell Cowie Head of Policy, Standards & Regulation
QinetiQ Simon Wilcox Data Intelligence, Business Development Lead
SC Strategy Dan Spacie Senior Advisor - Defence and National Security
Sopra Steria Neil Salter Director National Security


If you would like to get involved in the techUK National Security Programme or hear more about any of the strategic priorities, please get in contact with Raya Tsolova (raya.tsolova@techuk.org).

 

Channel website: http://www.techuk.org/

Original article link: https://www.techuk.org/resource/techuk-national-security-committee-strategic-priorities-2023.html

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