So too the Office of Cyber Security, situated in the Cabinet Office in Whitehall, and quietly getting on with its job of coordinating cybersecurity strategy across government.

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If the Treasury and Cabinet Office (where the Office of Cyber Security is based) are wrangling over half-a-billion quid now, that represents 25-30% of the possible cybersecurity budget.

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Many details of the cyber-security initiative, a collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of the National Intelligence, and the National Security Agency, remain classified.

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