National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

Agency overview
Formed	3 October 2016; 7 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	Lindy Cameron, 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 – Critical National Infrastructure Jonathon Ellison, Director for National Resilience and Future Technology
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 London, it became operational in October 2016, and its parent organisation is GCHQ.^[2]