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New Authority established Why has CPNI needed to engage with new sectors beyond

Critical National Infrastructure?

to provide protective Since CPNI was established in 2007, both the threats and the
sectors where these threats manifest themselves have evolved.
The attack types from terrorism have expanded and there has
been an emergence of low sophisticated attacks from self-
initiated terrorists.

Security Advice Today the UK’s strategic advantage, through science and
technology, is as much under threat from theft by state actors,
as critical national infrastructure and publicly accessible
locations are from terrorist attacks.

A As part of the Government’s 2023 Integrated Review Refresh (IR23), a new National Protective Security Like CPNI, NPSA will work alongside the National Cyber Security
Authority (NPSA) has been announced within MI5, to provide a wide range of UK businesses and other Centre (NCSC) and National Counter Terrorism Security Office
organisations with access to expert security advice. (NaCTSO) to target harden the UK’s economy, infrastructure,
industries and crowded places.
NPSA will replace the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), with a remit to reach a
more diverse range of sectors and industries. The Security Institute delves into what this means for security What will be the remit of the new NPSA?
professionals today.
NPSA will offer advice, guidance and training to UK businesses,
What’s the reason behind the change? universities, and other organisations to help protect them from
national security threats, ranging from state threats to terrorism.
This change reflects that CPNI has increasingly needed to engage with sectors beyond Critical National Visit the new NPSA website for the latest advice: npsa.gov.uk.
Infrastructure (CNI), including emerging technology and academia. This has been part of a strategic shift in its
work to include building UK resilience and economic security against state threats alongside its contribution What changes can security professionals expect to see in
on counter-terrorism, for example in publicly accessible locations. NPSA’s offer to industry?

NPSA has absorbed the responsibilities of CPNI as the national technical authority for physical and personnel NPSA’s training, guidance and advice will be informed by
protective security, but with a wider remit to reach a more diverse range of sectors and industries. world-class research and intelligence. It will reach many more
organisations by:

• raising awareness of the risks that state actors present to UK
businesses, research and institutions;
• working with the police and publicly accessible locations to
help strengthen protections against terrorist attacks;
• expanding its online training offering at www.npsa.gov.uk
alongside its in-person industry engagement;
• developing more guidance and other tools that make
sense to those with no or limited security expertise, while
continuing to advise security professionals and technical
experts; and
• offering advice that is tailor made for sectors, building on
successful existing campaigns such as Trusted Research,
Secure Innovation, Protected Procurement and Think Before
You Link.

Visit www.npsa.gov.uk for more information.

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