NCSC Annual Review 2021

Every section of this review is testament to the diligent and unceasing work of the NCSC’s exceptional staff, whose achievements have made such an impression on me in my first year as CEO.

What you have read in the preceding pages simply cannot cover all the organisation’s activities. As a colleague commented when I first asked about the scope of the Review: “if it was to describe what each staff member contributes to the NCSC, the publication would probably be the size of the old Oxford English Dictionary” (which, for those interested in such data, ran to 15,490 pages).

Thanks to Covid-19, it has taken me longer to get to know everyone than I would have liked, but what I have seen inspires me with pride and optimism, knowing that our organisation has a unique range of capabilities to tackle the most complex security issues. All of us are committed to keeping the internet as secure as we possibly can.

We have the resources, and crucially the people to look ahead with confidence and, when travel restrictions are eased, to increase sharing our specialist knowledge across borders to shape global attitudes to cyber security.

My heartfelt thanks to all in our organisation; for their hard work and dedication, especially in the extraordinary circumstances of a world pandemic. We can all be proud of our collective teams’ achievements, ensuring the online safety of millions of individuals and organisations, and we remain united in our pledge to ensuring cyber security remains a top priority for the UK and around the world.

Lindy Cameron, CEO of the NCSC