HCSS Report: Non-Profit Cybersecurity Groups Are Underfunded Guardians of Global Digital Resilience
By
Patrick Willemsen
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
A new HCSS report highlights that non-profit cybersecurity organisations are essential yet under-recognised and underfunded pillars of global cyber resilience. These groups provide critical public-interest functions—including threat intelligence sharing, incident response coordination, standards development, and capacity-building—that neither governments nor commercial providers can fully deliver alone. The report calls for sustained, long-term support from governments and industry to protect critical infrastructure, support SMEs, and prevent billions in potential losses.
Key quotes
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These organisations provide essential public-interest security functions that governments and commercial providers cannot fully deliver on their own.
Despite protecting critical infrastructure, supporting SMEs, and preventing billions in potential losses, these organisations remain structurally underfunded and under-recognised.
The report calls for governments and industry to provide sustained, long-term support for the sector.
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