Cyber Security Operations Centre for UK to Start Functioning Soon
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The Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) is going to be responsible for cybersecurity, cyberdefence and even cyberattack (if necessary). Based in Cheltenham, the centre will be working with 19 staff members who are going to be recruited from within the government’s agencies/departments like the signal intelligence agency GCHQ, the Cabinet Office, UK intelligence agencies and law enforcement.
All staff recruited will have to understand the ‘hacker mentality’ as well as pass rigorous security vetting tests for this sensitive department. The agency is supposed to be fully staffed and functioning by March 10, 2010. It is going to protect and defend UK’s IT infrastructure.
The OCS (Office of Cyber Security) had been allocated a budget of £130,000 for the 2009-2010 period but there was no separate allocation for the CSOC – money to fund its operations would come out of existing budgets of all the organisations involved.
Via: ZDNet
