National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Agency overview
Formed	3 October 2016
Headquarters	Victoria, London, England, United Kingdom
Employees	>1,000
Annual budget	£1.9 billion (National Cyber Security Strategy, 2016–2021)
Agency executives	Richard Horne, CEO; Felicity Oswald, Chief Operating Officer (COO); Paul Chichester, Director of Operations; Chris Ensor, Deputy Director for Cyber Growth; Eleanor Fairford, Deputy Director for Incident Management; Marsha Quallo-Wright, Deputy Director – Delivery, Engineering and Crypt-Key; Jonathon Ellison, Director for National Resilience and Future Technology; Ollie Whitehouse, Chief Technical Officer;
Parent agency	Government Communications Headquarters
Website	www.ncsc.gov.uk

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is an organisation of the United Kingdom Government that provides advice and support for the public and private sector in how to avoid computer security threats. It is the UK's National technical authority for cyber threats and Information Assurance. Based in Victoria, London, it became operational in October 2016, and its parent organisation is GCHQ.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Cyber security in the UK" (PDF). House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts. 15 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ HM Government (1 November 2016). "National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021" (PDF). gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

Agency overview

Formed	3 October 2016; 8 years ago (3 October 2016)
Headquarters	Victoria, London, England, United Kingdom
Employees	>1,000^[1]
Annual budget	£1.9 billion (National Cyber Security Strategy, 2016–2021)^[1]
Agency executives	Richard Horne, CEO Felicity Oswald, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Paul Chichester, Director of Operations Chris Ensor, Deputy Director for Cyber Growth Eleanor Fairford, Deputy Director for Incident Management Marsha Quallo-Wright, Deputy Director – Delivery, Engineering and Crypt-Key Jonathon Ellison, Director for National Resilience and Future Technology Ollie Whitehouse, Chief Technical Officer
Parent agency	Government Communications Headquarters
Website	www.ncsc.gov.uk