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Some of the agencies and lead government departments that work with OSCIA head James Quinalt and the Cyber Security Operations Centre are: • Ministry of Defence • Home Office • Communications-Electronics Security Department • Government Communications Headquarters • Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills • Foreign & Commonwealth Office • What the OSCIA does is to implement various agendas such as: • Providing support for training, awareness and education • Providing strategic direction on information assurance and cyber security (including electronic crime) for the UK • Ensuring that all of the operational architecture, information and even cyber security technical capabilities in the UK are maintained and improved upon • Working with partners in the private sector on such issues as promoting best practice and information exchanges • Engaging with partners on an international level to improve information security and the security of cyberspace in general • Working with the OGCIO (Office of the Government Chief Information Office) in an effort to ensure the security and resilience of such government ICT infrastructures as G-cloud and the PSN (Public Sector Network). With all of that in place cyber-crimes should be seeing a decrease but as soon as the laws and technology are in place the cyber criminals have already found the next latest and greatest ways to sidestep them. Catching cyber criminals is not an easy thing and as soon as 2014 there will be a new strategy released that hopefully will get us one step closer to some semblance of safety. About The Author Richard McMunn is a writer for How2become.com; a leading career and recruitment specialist for public sector careers. For the last 8 years How2become has helped numerous people prepare for and pass tough recruitment processes and assessment centres in order to secure their dream job. You can also connect with Richard at https://plus.google.com/106373781765536420227/posts + % %! ! & , ! . !( %+ ' "! "#+% ' - + % !& , ! % '& % & %) *"% *