Wales launches CymruSOC, the UK's first national cybersecurity operations centre

A ‘defend as one' approach for public services

John Leonard
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Wales launces CymruSOC, the UK's first national cybersecurity operations centre
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Wales launces CymruSOC, the UK's first national cybersecurity operations centre

The Welsh government today launched a new scheme, the CymruSOC, to protect the country's public sector organisations and citizens from cyberattacks. It claims it to be the first national security operations centre (SOC) in the UK.

Cardiff-based managed services provider Socura will manage the CymruSOC programme for an initial three-year contract from offices in Merthyr Tydfil. The company recently relocated its head office t...

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