The Ministry of Defence has launched 13th Signal Regiment, the UK Armed Forces' first dedicated Cyber Regiment, which will protect vital defence networks at home and on operations overseas.
The unit was formally stood up on Monday, June 1, at a ceremony at Blandford, home of the Royal Signals.
As the character of warfare evolves, and the weapons used to fight those wars shift from the industrial to the information age, digital and cyber capabilities are increasingly relied upon to ensure the nation's security and the safety of our personnel overseas.
Our adversaries and hostile actors are operating in cyberspace right now, creating a new cyber frontline - alongside the traditional domains of Land, Sea and Air - without physical borders but also needing to be defended,
Secure communications are the foundation for any successful operation and 13th Signal Regiment will provide 'digital armour' around personnel operating overseas, giving commanders and their soldiers the ability to operate with confidence in their communications systems, often while working in challenging conditions.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said:
This is a step-change in the modernisation of the UK Armed Forces
