Subject: [Smart] Welcome!

From: Kirsty P <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:12:11 +0000

Welcome to the SMART RG! We're all about Stopping Malware And Researching Threats.

When we say threats, we mean things like malicious domains, DDoS attacks, IoT botnets, how networks are protected and how phishing can be best detected, through a range of measures.

The Stopping Malware and Researching Threats Research Group (or SMART RG) aims to stimulate research into how requirements to defend against cyber attacks can be met in a world of encrypted data. It will research the effects, both positive and negative, of existing, proposed and newly published protocols and Internet standards on attack defence. It will gather evidence from information security practitioners on methods used to defend against attacks and make this available to protocol designers. It will research and promote ways to deal with attacks efficiently and make the most of resources to do this. It will publish case studies into historic attacks, so the community can learn from previous attacks.

Stay tuned for our draft charter...

This information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and may be exempt under other UK information legislation. Refer any FOIA queries to [email-masked]