The newly formed Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (OCSIA) is supposed to be responsible for providing a strategic direction on cyber security and information assurance for the UK. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee said the OCSIA was unable to state what budget it had to improve the UK’s cyber security. The Academy of Engineering said “there is no one place in Government where responsibility lies, and different departments ask the same of advice of the same people” The Committee concluded, “The Government clearly recognises the importance of cyber security, but we are uncertain how the OSIA will meet its objectives””]

