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Boost to UK cyber capabilities anticipated in MoD review

13th March 2018 - 12:00 GMT | by Alice Budge in London

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The UK government’s National Security Capability Review (NSCR) is likely to include provisions for the development of a dedicated military cyber force.

As the threat of potentially crippling cyber-attacks against military and government infrastructure continues to mount, Northrop Grumman’s UK and Europe CEO Andrew Tyler told Shephard at the company’s CyberCenturion event that he anticipates an announcement on enhancements to the UK’s cyber capabilities with the release of the NSCR.

‘I do not think we are going to have a Cyber Command like in the US… but they will probably have something of that nature,’ he said.

‘I am

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