The Cyber Academy Presentation on Scottish Cyber Hub
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The Cyber Academy Presentation on Scottish Cyber Hub
- 1. Cyber Academy: An Overview Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA
- 2. The Cyber Academy is a world-leading education and research centre dedicated to: • Establishing best practice in secure data sharing. • Understanding online threats and their impact on businesses and communities. • Developing the most effective tools and techniques for prevention, detection, response to, and investigation of security and data threats. • Improving skills and capability in managing and responding to cyber threats: – creating a pipeline of future talent – developing awareness, capability and capacity in the current workforce About Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA
- 3. History • Started as Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking & Security. • Security emerged as the priority research area. • Reputation established by research activities and programme development. • Enhanced by GCHQ accreditation and industry/law enforcement engagement. • Ad-hoc project-funded activity, e.g. HEA, EU, Interface, SBRI, KTP. • Several proposals to secure larger investment for a ‘Cyber Hub’, SFC, SE, etc. • Internal investment of £400K to establish the Cyber Academy. Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA
- 4. Successful research and knowledge exchange projects include: • DFET – EU-funded international collaboration to develop a cloud-based training environment simulating real-life scenarios. • vSoC (Virtualised Security Operations Centre) – HEA grant to establish a virtualised security centre for advanced online training. • Payfont – KTP project to deliver secure transactions to relevant standards. • Farrpoint – KTP project in next-generation threat detection. • A number of highly successful spin-out companies – e.g. Zone Fox, Symphonic, and Cyan Forensics. Research Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA
- 5. Leading the development of skills for IT and security professionals, and collaboration between academia, industry and law enforcement: • GCHQ-accredited MSc Advanced Security & Digital Forensics • Ad-hoc training and response testing for banks and other organisations • ‘first generation’ of digital specialists e.g. Police Scotland, trading standards • Work-based BSc Cyber Security* • Conference and symposium programme, including school engagement • Cloud-based training infrastructure and ‘Virtual Security Operations Centre’ Skills Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA
- 6. Opportunities Focussed investment as part of a Cyber Hub would support us to deliver more education, awareness, and impact: • Research capacity aligned to business and social needs • Secure data sharing for social benefit and service improvement • Sharing of best practice and threat intelligence • Engagement with schools to create future talent pipelines • Work-based programmes for the current workforce • Social benefit from partnerships with industry and law enforcement • Business and community success stories to balance the “scary bad stuff” • Innovation leading to economic impact • Internationalisation of Scotland as a centre of excellence in Cyber Security Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA
- 7. A Distributed Hub? Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA
- 8. A Distributed Hub? Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA GCHQ Virtual Training (vSoC)/ Online/CTF European CoE Hub Innovation Network Public Engagement/ Conferences Industry ... HP, RSA, F5, IBM, etc.
- 9. Cyber Academy: An Overview Cyber Hub SIPR SBRC Inv Centres Police Scotland SICSA TCA