The British Army has raised a new regiment that will take charge of its in-house security operations centre, a move calculated to make cyber defence a more mainstream part of all things armed and camouflaged.
The 250-strong 13th Signal Regiment was formally "stood up"* on 1 June at Blandford Forum, the Dorset HQ of the Royal Corps of Signals.
Defence secretary Ben Wallace said in a canned statement: "Cyber-attacks are every bit as deadly as those faced on the physical battlefield, so we must prepare to defend ourselves from all those who would do us harm and 13th Signal Regiment is a vital addition to that defence."
The Ministry of Defence stated that 13 Sigs will "provide the basis of the new Army Cyber Information Security Operations Centre, focusing on the protection of Defence's cyber domain."
As well as bringing together IT-skilled soldiers ..
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