Welcome to Cyber Focus
It is a critical time for the cyber landscape of the North West, with the arrival of GCHQ in Manchester and National Cyber Force (NCF) in Lancashire creating an unprecedented opportunity to maximise the socio-economic potential of a high growth, innovative sector central to the UKs response to increasing geopolitical uncertainty.
The CyberFocus project is needed to enable the transformational socio-economic potential of the NW cyber ecosystem and ensure the outcomes of regional strategic government levelling-up investments in cyber are realised. Through collaboration between HEIs, civic and industry partners a shared vision for research-led, NW cyber impact has been agreed:
To galvanise the Northwest cyber ecosystem by forging trusted interconnections that instil confidence in research-led impact partnerships to propel national prosperity and protection.