Calling all cyber security professionals
Can you bring your expertise and creative energy to the Government Cyber Advisory Board?
I’m Bella, Director for Cyber in Government Security Group, part of the Cabinet Office.
My team is responsible for raising government cyber resilience by delivering the Government Cyber Security Strategy, which sets a clear target for all government organisations to be resilient to known vulnerabilities and common attack methods by 2030.
Diversity of thought is essential to help us implement the strategy, and we rely hugely on input from industry, academia and research to achieve this. Since October 2022, we’ve channelled this input through our Government Cyber Advisory Board (GCAB) – a brilliant team of experts dedicated to helping us drive change across government. They have challenged our thinking, shared best practice and innovative approaches from industry, and connected us with the latest academic research.
From a personal perspective I have relished the opportunity to build relationships with such a passionate and knowledgeable community, and I’m proud of the strong collaborative culture we’ve built up.
We have always been clear that for the board to be effective in the long term, we need to ensure we’re regularly hearing new voices from different and diverse backgrounds. As such, we are now opening recruitment for new members – we’re looking for proactive thinkers and innovators from outside government who are ready to challenge our current ways of working and help us to deliver as effectively as possible.
We are especially interested to hear from those working in AI, offensive cyber, incident response and digital forensics to really help broaden the range of expertise represented by our board members.
We don’t just want applications from those who have done this kind of thing before – we want to assemble a diverse range of board members to allow us to tap into the wealth of knowledge and expertise that exists across the spectrum of the cyber community. This includes everyone from executives at multinational corporations to academics and freelance experts.
If you think someone in your network would be a good fit, please send this their way!
Thanks
Bella Powell
Cyber Director, Government Security Group
Applications for the Board closed on 1 December 2024.
If you have any questions, please email: cyberprivateoffice@cabinetoffice.gov.uk