National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre
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History
The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) was an inter-departmental centre of the UK government. Set up in 1999, the role of NISCC was to minimise the risk to the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) from electronic attack.
National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (NISCC) and the The National Security Advice Centre (NSAC) (part of the MI5, the UK's) merged in February 2007 to form the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure. NISCC provided advice and information on computer network defence and other information assurance issues. NSAC provided advice on physical security and personnel security issues.
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
CPNI now provides integrated (combining information, personnel and physical) security advice to the businesses and organisations which make up the national infrastructure. Through the delivery of this advice, they protect national security by helping to reduce the vulnerability of the national infrastructure to terrorism and other threats.
