UK to invest £265m to boost cyber defence

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that the UK is set to invest up to £256 million to boost the defence of military cyber systems.

The investment will support the new Cyber Vulnerability Investigations (CVI) programme to help the Ministry of Defence (MOD) better understand cyber risks.

The programme will complement the work of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), which uses state-of-the-art cyber capabilities to protect the MOD’s cyberspace from malicious actors.

The programme has also benefited from detailed analysis across the full range of potential cyber-attacks, meaning it is dynamic and can be applied to all aspects of MOD digital systems.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: “Cyber-attack is one of the greatest challenges to our security. It’s crucial we use our increasing defence budget to stay ahead and investing in this programme will help us protect against these threats.”