The North East Cyber Resilience Centre (“NECRC”) is a police-led organisation that helps protect small to medium enterprises from online crime and fraud.
We are a collaboration between policing across the region, private sector business and academia and we are focused on educating and raising awareness of cyber security in the small business community.
We offer a free membership for businesses of any size and sector to help demystify the cyber security landscape and provide access to national intelligence data, free guidance, and affordable help to protect your business online.
The NEBRC are connected to local universities, Sheffield Hallam and Northumbria were the first to join the programme back in 2019 and have now been joined by others. We work with a talented team of ethical hacking students in conjunction with a national programme called Cyber PATH to deliver a range of cyber security services to businesses throughout the region.
The NECRC also work very closely with the seven Police forces in our region providing us with access to the latest local as well as national information on emerging cyber threats, criminal trends, best practice for cyber resilience and new technology to provide you with timely guidance to prepare and protect your business, staff and clients from cyber criminals.
We are now an established community resource where North East, Yorkshire and The Humber based organisations trust us to help guide and support them through their cyber security journey.
The NECRC is also part of a National network of 9 Regional Centres across the country whose role is to deliver essential cyber resilience services, guidance and education. The network is also part of HM Government National Cyber Strategy delivery model.
Our vision is “To be the go to place for SME’s, third sector and schools for protection against cybercrime, online crime and fraud in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber”
Our mission is “By 2025, our mission is to have helped 12,000 small, medium and third sector businesses in the North East of England become more resilient from cyber and online crime.”