Defence: Cybersecurity

(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on establishing a new CyberEM Command.


Answered by
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Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
This question was answered on 17th October 2025

The design and implementation planning process is well underway. The 4 star Cyber ans Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) was officially launched on 1 September 2025. The 2 star Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force, previously referred to as the CyberEM Command, which operates within CSOC, is set to be established by the end of the year.

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