Logistics UK is now a national ambassador of the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG), becoming the first trade body to take on the role.
The new role signals the trade association’s commitment to strengthening cyber resilience across the logistics sector.
Marking its first steps as a national ambassador, Logistics UK will work with NCRCG to roll out a new campaign amongst its 21,000 members to raise awareness of cyber resilience and encourage them to sign up to their regional, police-led Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC).
Across the country there are nine CRCs which, together with NCRCG, make up the complete CRC network. Each regional centre offers free, high-quality cyber guidance and advice to SMEs in their localities and act as a trusted, reliable place SMEs can go to take proportionate steps to bolster their cyber resilience.
Logistics UK will also team up with other NCRCG National Ambassadors to support the long-term sustainability of the network and help to inform the UK cyber agenda.
NCRCG’s National Ambassador programme is a platform through which the nation’s large organisations can work with us to lead the charge against cyber-crime. Other ambassadors include Aviva, CGI, Chainalysis, CompTIA, HP, ISC2, Mastercard, Microsoft, Nationwide, NatWest Group, Resilience, SANS Institute, SAS, Sir Robert McAlpine, The Very Group and Trustify.
The announcement formalises the partnership between NCRCG and Logistics UK, which collaborated earlier this year on the organisation’s Cyber Security Insight Report 2024.
The report, designed to set out a comprehensive picture of how the sector can combat the rising tide of cyber-attacks, features contributions from NCRCG CEO detective superintendent Ian Kirby amongst other experts from industry, government, law enforcement and academia.
Nigel Smart, executive director of IT and development at Logistics UK, said: “With cybersecurity threats for businesses right across the economy increasing year by year, it has never been more important that logistics companies – which power the whole economy – are particularly vigilant in this area.
“Logistics UK is delighted to be joining NCRCG’s Ambassador network to keep our members fully briefed on how they can be cyber resilient and to work with other partner organisations to share best practice and keep the threat of attacks at bay.”
