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Annual Review

NCSC Annual Review 2022

Looking back at the National Cyber Security Centre's sixth year and its key developments and highlights, between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022.

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Timeline: 2021 - 2022

DateEvent
10 September 2021Top cyber security officials from the UK and US affirm their commitment to tackling ransomware
 
29 September 2021National Cyber Awards recognise NCSC Director of Operations, Paul Chichester as ‘Cyber citizen of the year’
 
6 October 2021NCSC recognise three more universities for showing commitment to delivering first-rate cyber security education on campus and beyond
 
18 November 2021UK, US and Australia issue a joint advisory after Iranian actors were found to be exploiting known vulnerabilities to attack multiple sectors
23 November 2021NCSC and KPMG publish the 2nd Decrypting Diversity report, hosting an event to reflect on progress and challenges in the cyber security industry’s diversity ambitions
 
26 November 2021NCSC Cyber Aware campaign launch encouraged citizens to secure their email and to report suspicious texts, emails and websites, during the online shopping peak of Black Friday and Cyber Monday
6 December 2021NCSC for Startups welcome four more innovators, who will develop, adapt and pilot technology to solve some of the UK’s most important cyber challenges.
10 December 2021Patching and monitoring advice issued to mitigate Apache Log4j vulnerabilities
 
15 December 2021The Government’s National Cyber Strategy published, calling on all of society to play their part in reinforcing the UK’s economic and strategic strengths in cyberspace
17 January 2022Guidance issued for organisations on the heightened cyber threat, considering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
24 January 2022Cyber Essentials scheme refresh, including revisions to the use of cloud services, home working, multi-factor authentication, password management, and security updates
28 January 2022NCSC repeat need for UK organisations to prepare for ‘heightened cyber alert’ in response to the situation in Ukraine
2 February 2022NCSC join the seL4 Foundation
7 February 2022A new-look CyberFirst Girls Competition crown its competition winners – after teams of 12-13-year-olds took on challenges covering topics from networking and AI to cryptography and logic
9 February 2022NCSC, US and Australia urge businesses to take protective action against increasingly professional criminal attacks
18 February 2022The UK Government assess Russia to have been involved in DDoS attacks on Ukraine
21 February 2022Lindy Cameron urges UK organisations to strengthen their cyber defences during times of heightened alert
 
18 March 2022Members of the public report over 10.5 million suspicious emails, resulting in the take down of 76,000 online scams. This news was accompanied by a new national Cyber Aware campaign, endorsed by the Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

 

Following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the NCSC provide a list of actions for organisations in the UK to implement to bolster their online defences

31 March 2022Director GCHQ Sir Jeremy Fleming gives speech on global security amid the war in Ukraine, in a speech delivered at the Australian National University, Canberra
10 May 2022
 

 

UK and US attribute a series of cyber attacks to Russia against Ukraine in the hours before the invasion

 

NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence programme publishes its fifth report

10-11 May 2022CYBERUK22 in Wales, Newport. New service Mail Check launched to help organisations identify vulnerabilities that could lead to email spoofing or email privacy being breached
28 June 2022Lindy Cameron's speech at Tel Aviv Cyber Week emphasises the importance of partnerships and international regulation of sophisticated cyber capabilities
8 July 2022NCSC and Information Commissioner’s Office ask the Law Society help to tackle a rise in payments being made to ransomware criminals
25 July 2022A new Cyber Advisor Pilot scheme announced
23 August 2022Construction firms working together on major building projects such as HS2 were offered bespoke advice aimed at helping firms keep sensitive data safe from attackers

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