National Cyber Security Center of China (NCC)

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2021: China creates cybersecurity center to train military hackers

July 30, 2021 there was information that China he was engaged in the creation of the National cyber security Cybersecurity Center (NCC). Investments in this large project are not disclosed.

The authorities are building a National Cybersecurity Center that is not inferior to its ambitions: a campus of 38.85 square meters. km in the city of Wuhan, which will serve as a school, research laboratory, incubator and center for growing and deep talent training.

China forms cybersecurity center to train military hackers

A new report from Georgetown University's Center for Security and New Technologies (CSET) says seven research centers, two government-focused laboratories and the National School of Cybersecurity are located on the territory of the NCC.

Despite all of China's past successes, which have made it an almost equal US cyber competitor, its path to becoming a cyber power is not yet over and China is seeking to close several more vulnerable parties.

First, the Chinese military has a shortage of cyber operators. By mid-July 2021, the shortage of 1.4 million cybersecurity specialists in the country affects the ability of the military to recruit qualified candidates.

Secondly, China's system of innovation in the cyber sphere will not be able to achieve its strategic goals. Chinese military strategists see cyber operations as a possible tool for an asymmetric advantage over superior forces in a military confrontation.

Thirdly, China seeks to reduce its dependence on foreign cyber technologies, and Snowden's revelations have only heightened fears.

In the long term, the NCC's efforts to grow talent are likely to affect the dynamics of cyber competition between states. China's competitors should be prepared to respond to these changes, but not imitate them. The National Security Commission's recommendation on artificial intelligence to create the Digital Services Academy may seem like an appropriate answer, but its creation provides a solid foundation for cybersecurity education that the United States already possesses. Instead, U.S. policymakers could turn to machine learning automation to detect intrusions and protect networks, as well as increase the cost of protecting networks, but they must quickly determine their course of action. The first class of graduates of the National School of Cybersecurity will cross the threshold of the school in June 2023.^[1]

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