The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office has been at the front line of this endeavour since 1782. As such, the Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the United Kingdom.

Patrick Holdaway is a Superintendent from the City of London Police and has led the National Business Crime Centre (NBCC) since December 2018. Patrick joined Hampshire Constabulary in 1995 and worked in various operational strategic roles, in 2014 he became the first business crime lead for the force. During this time Patrick set up the Safer Hampshire Business Partnership and delivered on a number of initiatives to support businesses which were recognised as best practice across policing.

The National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG) is a strategic collaboration between the police, government, private sector and academia to help strengthen cyber resilience across the nation’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) community, in support of the government’s National Cyber Strategy. NCRCG is a not-for-profit organisation, funded and supported by the Home Office, policing and private sector partners. In NCRCG, we have a platform to coordinate a strong defence against cyber crime and, by doing so, make the UK a more attractive place to work in and invest in.