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Logistics UK joins cyber resilience group


Logistics UK has been named as the first trade body to become a National Ambassador of the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG).

This new role signals Logistics UK's commitment to strengthening cyber resilience across the logistics sector.

 

 

Marking its first steps as a National Ambassador, Logistics UK will be working with NCRCG to roll out a new campaign amongst its 21,000 members to raise awareness of cyber resilience and encourage them to sign up to their regional, police-led Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC).

Across the country there are nine CRCs which, together with NCRCG, make up the complete CRC network. Each regional centre offers free, high-quality cyber guidance and advice to small- and medium-sized businesses in their localities and act as a trusted, reliable place SMEs can go to take proportionate steps to bolster their cyber resilience.

More broadly, the trade association will be joining together with other NCRCG National Ambassadors to support the long-term sustainability of the network and help to inform the UK cyber agenda. Fellow Ambassadors include Aviva, CGI, Chainalysis, CompTIA, HP, ISC2, Mastercard, Microsoft, Nationwide, NatWest Group, Resilience, SANS Institute, SAS, Sir Robert McAlpine, The Very Group and Trustify.

The announcement, made on 27 November, formalises the partnership between NCRCG and Logistics UK who collaborated earlier this year on the organisation’s Cyber Security Insight Report 2024. The report, designed to set out a comprehensive picture of how the sector can combat the rising tide of cyber attacks, features contributions from NCRCG CEO Detective Superintendent Ian Kirby amongst other experts from industry, government, law enforcement and academia.

Nigel Smart, Executive Director of IT and Development at Logistics UK, said: “With cybersecurity threats for businesses right across the economy increasing year by year, it has never been more important that logistics companies – which power the whole economy – are particularly vigilant in this area.

“Logistics UK is delighted to be joining NCRCG’s Ambassador network to keep our members fully briefed on how they can be cyber resilient and to work with other partner organisations to share best practice and keep the threat of attacks at bay.”

Detective Superintendent Ian Kirby, CEO at NCRCG, said: “It was excellent to collaborate with the Logistics UK team on their Cyber Security Insight Report earlier this year and now, with today’s announcement, to be taking our partnership to the next level. As an organisation, Logistics UK is already doing some fantastic work in the cyber resilience arena and their commitment to safeguarding their members’ cyber security is clear.

“Trade bodies across all sectors have a critical role to play in ensuring our national supply chain is cyber resilient and so we are delighted to have an association like Logistics UK join our Ambassador cohort. Together, we will be able to propel our shared ambitions even further.”

About NCRCG:

Established in 2021, the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG) is a strategic collaboration between the Home Office, policing, National Ambassador partners and academia to strengthen cyber resilience across the nation’s small and medium-sized enterprise community.

NCRCG forms part of the Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC) network alongside nine regional CRCs which, through Cyber PATH – an elite talent pipeline for university students – deliver high-quality and tailored cyber resilience services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their localities.

NCRCG’s National Ambassador programme is a platform through which the nation’s large organisations can work with us to lead the charge against cyber crime.

You can read more about the National Ambassador programme here.

For more information please contact press@nationalcrcgroup.co.uk.

Published On: 28/11/2024 15:00:00

 

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