Strategy Assessment

Country
Pakistan

Owner / Lead
Higher Education Committee (HEC) and Planning Commission

Initiative
National Centre for Cyber Security (NCCS)

Highlights
Project is a joint initiative of Higher Education Committee (HEC) and Planning Commission. Centre has R&D labs in selected 11 Universities, Air University has status of NCCS Secretariat. Labs were established in different specialised areas of cybersecurity. NCCS Strategy is to: establish labs, start PhD and MS programmes in Cy Sec (128 PhDs, 95 MS), conduct training programmes and workshops, Establish international links through director & PI visits, Cyber Security Business Ideas Competitions, national cyber security conferences to share awareness, knowledge sharing and establishing new start ups.

Key Date(s)
2018

Website
https://www.nccs.pk/