Subj : UK launches new Vulnerability Research Institute to protect criti
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 15 2025 12:15:06

UK launches new Vulnerability Research Institute to protect critical 
infrastructure and UK business

Date:
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:12:00 +0000

Description:
It seems internal experts cannot handle the load and third-party help is 
necessary.

FULL STORY
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will complement NCSC's current vulnerability research efforts It will be 
tasked with communicating NCSC's needs with external experts The goal is to 
understand the flaws, patches, and research methodology 

The UKs National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) just announced the forming of 
The Vulnerability Research Initiative (VRI), a new program that will see it 
partner with third-party cybersecurity experts for vulnerability research in 
commodity and specialized tech. 

In a short announcement published on its website earlier this week, NCSC said 
it currently operates a team of internal researchers who are experts in 
common technologies, and who conduct vulnerability research (VR) on a range 
of technologies and products, from traditional commodity tech, to specialized 
solutions only used in a few places. 

However, the team is unable to keep up with the speed at which the technology 
industry is changing. New tech is popping up every day, and old tech is 
evolving beyond recognition, and thus VR is getting harder. Understanding the 
vulnerabilities 

This means the NCSC demand for VR continues to grow, NCSC explained. 

To tackle the challenge, it decided to create VRI, and bring in third-party 
help. The programs goal is to help NCSCs researchers understand the 
vulnerabilities present in todays technologies, the necessary mitigations, 
how experts conduct their research, and which tools they use in the process. 

This successful way of working increases NCSCs capacity to do VR and shares 
VR expertise across the UKs VR ecosystem, the press release further reads. 

The VRI core team will include technical experts, relationship managers, and 
project managers, with the core team being responsible for communicating the 
VR team's requirements to VRI industry partners and for overseeing the 
progress and outcomes of the research. 

In the (near) future, NCSC will bring in more experts to tackle AI-powered, 
or otherwise AI-related vulnerabilities. Those who are interested in 
participating in VRI should reach out to the agency via email at 
vri@ncsc.gov.uk. The address should not be used for sharing vulnerability 
reports. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/uk-launches-new-vulnerability-research-
institute-to-protect-critical-infrastructure-and-uk-business


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