The UK has launched a shared security guidance package – dubbed Secure Innovation – to support emerging technology companies and startups when it comes to protecting themselves from cyber threats, including targeted intrusions from hostile nation states.
The campaign continues a joint initiative targeting the tech sector as a whole, which was set up by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) within MI5. It’s now also backed by the NCSC’s partner agencies from the informal Anglophone Five Eyes intelligence alliance, comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US, and has been regionalised for each participating country.
Secure Innovation is designed to support young, fast-growing tech companies and innovators in creating bespoke action plans that enable them to assess their projects’ security levels and identify cost-effective measures they can take to better protect their ideas, reputation and future viability. The NCSC said that over 500 organisations have already taken advantage of this.
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