UK cyber security community

The United Kingdom has a diverse cyber security community, interconnected in a complex network.

Although the terminology is currently largely aligned to a "cyber" view of the world, it is taken to still include information-related concerns, with previous predominant terminology including:

• Automated Data Processing Security or ADP Security (1980s)
• Computer Security or CompuSec (early 1990s)
• IT Security or ITSec (mid 1990s)
• Information Security or InfoSec (late 1990s and early 2000s)
• Information Assurance or IA (2000s and early 2010s)

The significant constituents within that community are probably best understood by grouping into high level categories, namely:

• Public sector bodies
• Academia
• Professional bodies
• Industry groups
• Cross-sector bodies