Government Communications Headquarters,commonly known as GCHQ,is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) to the government and armed forces of the United Kingdom. Based at "The Doughnut" in the suburbs of Cheltenham,GCHQ is the responsibility of the country's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,but it is not a part of the Foreign Office and its Director ranks as a Permanent Secretary.
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is an international business and technology consulting firm owned by BAE Systems. It specializes in "security and resilience",and in collecting,managing and exploiting information to reveal so-called "actionable intelligence","threat intelligence","fraud containment" and customer insight. It also sells clients software for large-scale data exploitation,and analytics for intelligence-grade security and financial crime work.
GCHQ Bude,also known as GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation Station Morwenstow,abbreviated to GCHQ CSO Morwenstow,is a UK Government satellite ground station and eavesdropping centre located on the north Cornwall coast at Cleave Camp,between the small villages of Morwenstow and Coombe. It is operated by the British signals intelligence service,officially known as the Government Communications Headquarters,commonly abbreviated GCHQ. It is located on part of the site of the former World War II airfield,RAF Cleave.
Cyberwarfare is the use of cyber attacks against an enemy state,causing comparable harm to actual warfare and/or disrupting vital computer systems. Some intended outcomes could be espionage,sabotage,propaganda,manipulation or economic warfare.
John Chris Inglis,also known as Chris Inglis,is an American government official and the current National Cyber Director,the first person to hold the role. Inglis is also a former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency. On April 12,2021 President Joe Biden nominated Inglis to serve as the 1st National Cyber Director. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote on June 17,2021. He was sworn into office on July 11,2021.
The Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) is the United Kingdom government authority which provides protective security advice to businesses and organisations across the national infrastructure.
The Director of the Government Communications Headquarters is the highest-ranking official in the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),a British intelligence agency that specialises in signals intelligence,information assurance and cryptography. The director is a Permanent Secretary,and appointed by and reports to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
The Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec), formerly The is an independent,non-profit body governed by its members,with the principal objective of advancing the professionalism of information security practitioners and thereby the professionalism of the industry as a whole.
The cyber security community in the United Kingdom is diverse,with many stakeholders groups contributing to support the UK Cyber Security Strategy. The following is a list of some of these stakeholders.
The Doughnut is the nickname given to the headquarters of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),a British cryptography and intelligence agency. It is located on a 71 hectares site in Benhall,in the suburbs of Cheltenham,Gloucestershire,in South West England. The Doughnut houses 5,500 employees;GCHQ is the largest single employer in Gloucestershire. Built to modernise and consolidate GCHQ's multiple buildings in Cheltenham,the Doughnut was completed in 2003,with GCHQ staff moving in the same year,and fully moved into the building in 2004. It is the largest building constructed for secret intelligence operations outside the United States.
The Government of the United Kingdom maintains intelligence agencies within several government departments. The agencies are responsible for collecting and analysing foreign and domestic intelligence,providing military intelligence,performing espionage and counter-espionage. Their intelligence assessments contribute to the conduct of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom,maintaining the national security of the United Kingdom,military planning and law enforcement in the United Kingdom. The main organisations are the Secret Intelligence Service,the Security Service (MI5),the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI).
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is a government computer security organisation in Ireland,an operational arm of the Department of the Environment,Climate and Communications. The NCSC was developed in 2013 and formally established by the Irish government in July 2015. It is responsible for Ireland's cyber security,with primary focus on securing government networks,protecting critical national infrastructure,and assisting businesses and citizens in protecting their own systems. The NCSC incorporates the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE).
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is an organisation of the United Kingdom Government that provides advice and support for the public and private sector in how to avoid computer security threats. Based in London,it became operational in October 2016,and its parent organisation is GCHQ.
Cozy Bear,classified by the United States federal government as advanced persistent threat APT29,is a Russian hacker group believed to be associated with one or more intelligence agencies of Russia. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) deduced from security camera footage that it is led by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR);this view is shared by the United States. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike also previously suggested that it may be associated with either the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) or SVR. The group has been given various nicknames by other cybersecurity firms,including CozyCar,CozyDuke,Dark Halo,The Dukes,NOBELIUM,Office Monkeys,StellarParticle,UNC2452,and YTTRIUM.
Joint Operations Cell is a unit of GCHQ,a British signals intelligence agency,and the National Crime Agency (NCA),a United Kingdom national law enforcement agency. It opened in November 2015 with the intention of tackling a range of crime on the Dark Web,initially focusing on child sexual exploitation,but also including international sex trafficking and the sale of drugs and weapons on darknet markets. Its intelligence methods include analysis of data gathered through mass surveillance. Joint Operations Cell is a collaborative effort of GCHQ and NCA,co-located in Warrington.
Sir Jeremy Ian Fleming is the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters,the UK's intelligence,cyber and security agency. He was appointed in 2017 and is the 16th person to hold the role.
Ciaran Liam Martin,,was the first CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). In September 2020 he was appointed Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the Blavatnik School of Government,University of Oxford.
TechVets is a UK not-for-profit company which supports military veterans and service leavers into careers in information security.
Lindy Cameron is a British civil servant who is chief executive officer at the National Cyber Security Centre. She was previously Director-General responsible for the Department for International Development’s programmes in Africa,Asia and the Middle East. She was awarded an Order of the Bath in the 2020 Birthday Honours for her services to international development.
