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We are committed to creating a conducive operating environment to enable our growth ambitions, and to using expertise to inform evidence‑based policy making. Only by engaging proactively can we ensure our insights and vision deliver the best societal outcomes in support of our mission.
In focus As founders of the CyberUp Campaign to reform the UK’s Computer Misuse Act 1990 to provide better legal protections for cyber security researchers, NCC Group is benefiting from external recognition, and the internal sense of pride it has generated. NCC Group colleagues highlight that our role in the campaign “engenders trust” from our customer base and that protecting our colleagues is something we should all be proud of: • We presented the CyberUp petition to provide better legal protections for cyber security researchers to Number 10 Downing Street. • Engagement with Members of Parliament and Peers has resulted in a core group of parliamentary supporters advocating for reform whose political pressure has been instrumental in securing the first debate on the Computer Misuse Act to be held in Parliament since it was first introduced over 30 years ago. If something is really important, then we need to be seen to be trying to make a difference (as well as actually making a difference). A good example of this is the CyberUp Campaign. Seeing the team outside Number 10 was incredible. It makes me proud to know NCC Group is engaging at this level. ” Response from an NCC Group colleague to the Group Public Affairs internal survey April 2022
Link to strategy:
The opportunity • Our expertise provides access to basic cyber knowledge for our local communities • Understanding and shaping new and evolving regulations and policy proposals mean we have the right solutions to address our customers’ future needs and requirements • Educating policymakers and regulators engenders trust and a sense of pride How we listen and engage • Working with colleagues to shape what we advocate for • Building alliances with global think tanks and foundations, trade associations, charities and campaign groups, to pool resources, amplify our messages and maximise impact • Strategic relationships with national technical authorities, and support for government initiatives across all of our regions, including the UK National Cyber Security Centre’s Industry100 scheme • Representation on senior government advisory panels, e.g. on connected places • Direct engagement with regulators, officials and politicians grappling with the challenges of emerging technologies and keeping their citizens safe Highlights in 2021/22 • Supported the UK National Cyber Security Centre’s flagship CyberUK conference as the inaugural Technical Masterclass sponsor, providing real-world practical advice to complex challenges • Cemented NCC Group’s voice as the cyber security expert in the UK, the Netherlands and, increasingly, wider markets: the UK House of Lords Home Affairs and Justice Committee adopted a significant number of our recommendations in its report on the advent of new technologies in the justice system; and the UK Home Office invited NCC Group to represent the private sector perspective on ransomware at the Security & Policing Conference 2022 • NCC Group became a formal stakeholder participant in UN proceedings to develop a new Cybercrime Convention, joining the ranks of Amazon, Microsoft and Meta
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