Good afternoon.  For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Jim, and I have the pleasure of both working in and being the Commander of the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command, or ‘CSOC’.

It’s a real privilege to stand before you today as the first Commander.

It is also a pleasure to be at DSEI — one of the most important and high-profile gatherings for defence and security in the world. An event where the ideas that will shape our collective future are discussed and debated, and where we come together in friendship, and crucially, in partnership.  

Today is a milestone moment for my Command and for our people. 

Last week, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff, we officially stood up Cyber & Specialist Operations Command, and today I w

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