UK Cyber Security Council

The Institution of Analysts and Programmers is a founding member of the Collaborative Alliance for Cyber Security, and is was a key participant in the design and delivery of the new UK Cyber Security Council on behalf of the UK Governments Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).

The Alliance is a consortium of organisations that represent a substantial part of the cyber security community in the UK. Its members include:

(ISC)²
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIIS)
CIPD
CompTIA
Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC)
CREST
Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (CSFS)
Engineering Council
Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC)
The Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC)
ISACA
Royal Academy of Engineering
Security Institute
techUK
The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT)

The UK Cyber Security Council continues to work in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and others to develop with a broad representation of organisations and has been tasked to support the Government’s National Cyber Security Skills Strategy by providing recognition across the practicing community, while enhancing standards and thought leadership for the future.

In June 2021 the Institution became a founding member of the UK Cyber Security Council.