Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday said it has formed a partnership with government agencies and industry to raise awareness of cyber security risks and share information on cyber security threats to the nation’s defense supply chain.
The Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP) will also define risk-driven approaches to applying cyber security standards, the MoD said.
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“This is a clear demonstration that government and industry can work together—sharing information, experience and expertise—to make sure we do everything we can to protect these critical networks, ensuring that the business of Defence is robustly protected,” Philip Dunne, minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, said in a statement.
The participating agencies and companies in the partnership are the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, the Government Communications Headquarters, the Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems, British Telecom [BT], the Cassidian division of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., Canada’s CGI Group [GIB], United States-based Hewlett Packard [HPQ], U.S.-based Lockheed Martin [LMT], Rolls-Royce, the Selex ES division of Italy’s Finmeccanica, and the United Kingdom-based division of France’s Thales.
The MoD is also working with the U.K. defense and technology trade associations ADS and Intellect.
The MoD said that the participants within the DCPP will also share threat information and their cyber security expertise with other industry sectors and the government through the national Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership, which facilitates information sharing on cyber threats to make British businesses more secure. The ministry also said that the DCPP will serve as a model for industry collaboration on cyber security for commercial sectors to improve resilience across U.K. industry.