UK and its Cyber investments
On November 9th, the UK government launched “Ciberinvest” through their “GCHQ” webpage, a new industry and government scheme designed to support and protect the UK in matters of cyber security.
The government also published on their Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) webpage that Singapore´s National Research Foundation, the UK´s Cabinet Office and and the EPSRC wish to “encourage joint research activities in cyber security”. The government further mentioned the background between Singapore and the UK, as well as previous initiatives to cultivate a stronger research link between the two countries, and possible future projects relating to intrusion, human factors, data analytics, etc.
In relation to this, the former UK Chancellor George Osborne laid out in a speech a new plan of £1.9 billion investment in the cyber field.
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