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Ciaran Liam Martin, (born 19 September 1974), was the first CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). In September 2020 he was appointed Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the
Ciaran Liam Martin, (born 19 September 1974), was the first CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). In September 2020 he was appointed Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the Blavatnik School of Government
The Blavatnik School of Government is a school of public policy founded in 2010 at the University of Oxford in England. The School was founded following a £75 million donation from a business magnate Leonard Blavatnik, supported by £26 millio ...
, University of Oxford.
Life
Martin was appointed as head of cyber security atGCHQ
Government Communications Headquarters, commonly known as GCHQ, is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) to the government and armed forces of the Uni ...
in December 2013, he recommended the establishment of a National Cyber Security Centre within the intelligence and security agency. This was agreed by the Government and announced by the Chancellor George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the ...
in November 2015. Martin became the first Chief Executive in February 2016, and it became operational in October of that year. On 14 February 2017, the NCSC's new headquarters in Victoria
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in Central London
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were opened by Queen Elizabeth II
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.
Prior to joining GCHQ, Martin was Constitution Director at the Cabinet Office
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from 2011, helping to agree the framework for the Scottish independence referendum
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. From 2008 to 2011, he was Director of Security and Intelligence at the Cabinet Office. His public service career has also included a series of roles in elsewhere in the Cabinet Office and in HM Treasury
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and the National Audit Office (NAO).
He was a member of the GCHQ Board.
He is a past pupil of Omagh CBS, where he was very much seen as an all-rounder, being head-boy, a member of the MacRory Cup
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Players must be under nineteen at the start of the tournament. The winn ...
Gaelic football squad and keyboard player with indie rock outfit "Some Kind of Wonderful".
He is a graduate of Hertford College
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, University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, where he studied History.
Martin was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath
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(CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours
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for services to international and global cyber security.
Martin had planned on resigning in June 2020 but delayed his resignation until August because of the COVID-19 pandemic
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. He was succeeded by Lindy Cameron.
In December 2002, Martin was the 'phone a friend' for Declan Montague on an episode of the ITV gameshow '' Who Wants to Be a Millionnaire?''.
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