INTERVIEW
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BEN RUSSELL
At the Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime Agency, Ben Russell leads the fi ghtback against the UK’s international digital adversaries.
AS PART OF THE UK’S NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY (NCA), the National
Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) leads the UK’s response to cyber crime, supports partners with specialist capabilities and co-ordinates the national response to the most serious of cyber crime threats. Working closely with allied forces such as the Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs), the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU), partners within industry, Government and international law enforcement,
the NCCU has the
capability to respond rapidly to changing threats. The NCCU works with partners to identify and understand the growing use of cyber as an enabler across all types of crime, so that the most eff ective ways of countering threats can be determined. As Head of Cyber Threat Response at the National Cyber Crime Unit, Ben Russell holds overall
responsibility for the UK’s
cyber crime intelligence, strategy and capability development.
CSE: Do you encounter reluctance from commercial organisations when it comes to formal engagement with law enforcement bodies?
BEN RUSSELL: Not when they understand what our role is. What’s unique about the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit is that we are here to fi nd out who is carrying-out cyber attacks. That
It can’t be a coincidence that there’s been an increase in the reporting of cyber incidents since GDPR started.
is what we are specifi cally focused on and understand. Essentially, we are law enforcement. We’re cops. We want to catch the bad people. The message we want to send to the business community is, yes, we do work with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), to help them get messages out to business leaders, so that they can make properly
BRIEF BIO BEN RUSSELL, NATIONAL CYBER CRIME UNIT, NCA
Ben leads a 100+ team across disciplines, identifying criminals, devising and delivering the nation’s strategy to combat cyber crime and responding to critical incidents/attacks.
ORGANISATION DETAILS For more information about the NCA visit: |
nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk
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