The NCSC research problem book
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Cross-cutting problems
This section contains the six cross-cutting problems that span different disciplines and areas and look at big questions.
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How can we build systems we can trust when we can't trust any of the individual components within them?
An important question to address diminishing confidence in security of supply chains.
- 2
How do we make system security assessments more data driven?
To help turn the art of security architecture review into a science.
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How do we create and adopt meaningful measures of cyber security?
To enable countries and organisations to make better decisions about which security initiatives will have the best return on investment.
- 4
How do we make phishing a thing of the past?
To make phishing an ineffective infection vector for cyber attacks.
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How can we accelerate the adoption of modern security mitigations into Operational Technology (OT)?
To help the inherent security of OT catch up, or even overtake, IT.
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How do we incentivise investment in – and markets for – foundational technology that is secure by design?
To achieve the necessary level of cyber resilience requires strengthening the security of our foundational technology.
We’re interested to hear about work that’s happening that contributes to solving these cross-cutting problems and have set up a form for you to tell us more, including the institution you’re linked with and whether you’ve worked with us before.