Defence & National Security: Important role for ICT innovation

Yesterday the UK Government published its National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence & Security Review (NSS & SDSR). The key message is that the UK will invest more in equipment and people over the course of this Parliament for the country’s national security – as a country we will simultaneously meet the NATO target of spending 2% of our GDP on defence and the UN target of spending 0.7% of our GNI (gross national income) on development, while increasing investment in our security and intelligence agencies and in counter-terrorism. The Government has committed to a real increase in the defence budget year on year.

Despite the defence, national security and intelligence agencies, and counter-terrorist organisations, being under the same pressure to find efficiency savings (more than £11b has been identified), that money is set to be invested back into national security priorities. In UKHotViewsExtra – Defence & National Security: An important role for ICT innovation – Georgina O’Toole considers the role that ICT will play in the UK’s national security in the years ahead - in both achieving the efficiency savings and making defence & security orgnaistions more effective - and the likely opportunities for software and IT services suppliers.

Posted by Georgina O'Toole at '12:15' - Tagged: publicsector   defence   strategy   security   bigdata   automation   cyber