UK National Security Strategy

In early 2008, the UK Government published the country’s first National Security Strategy. The strategy, for the first time, considered the security challenges posed by a full remit of threats facing the UK, including terrorism (home and abroad), nuclear attack, natural disasters such as extreme weather and flooding, international crime and cyber attacks. In June 2009 the Strategy was updated and complemented by the UK Cyber Security Strategy.

 

The ability to exchange information, while at the same time ensuring the integrity of the underlying infrastructure and its users, is essential to delivering against the challenges of both strategies. This ability becomes even more important when you consider the role of the UK armed forces and the requirement for them to interact with organisations and agencies operating outside their secure domains.

 

VEGA understands that joining up a plethora of intelligence sources and a network of incompatible, legacy information systems, compartmentalised across the military and stakeholder government departments, is overwhelming in its complexity. As an independent professional services company, VEGA helps provide organisations instil best practice information assurance and facilitate secure information sharing classified as 'Top Secret' and above. Our clients include:

 

  • Secure Government Agencies
  • CSIS IPT
  • DII IPT
  • Metropolitan Police
  • SOCA
  • IAPS
  • FCO
  • Disposal Services Authority
  • CLG

 

VEGA is a committee member of Intellect’s Security & Resilience Group and represents Intellect’s members on the Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers Council (RISC). In addition, we are an accredited supplier of information security services under the MOD ICS and FATS3 catalogues.

 

Contact VEGA for more information about our work supporting the National Security Strategy