"The Alan Turing Institute will carry out a programme of science and innovation designed to protect the UK from hostile threats, it announced on Tuesday as part of changes following the resignation last month of Jean Innes, its chief executive, after a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul of the state-funded body."
"The mission comes amid growing concern over Britain's vulnerability to internet outages and cyber-attacks after this month's incident affecting Amazon's cloud computing globally and recent cyber-attacks crippling production at Jaguar Land Rover factories, and supply chains at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op."
"The chair, former Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr, said 78 different research projects at the 440-staff institute have been closed, spun out or completed because they do not align with the new direction. The institute has been beset by internal strife since last year as staff protested against changes, culminating in a group of employees filing a whistleblower complaint to the Charity Commission. Gurr said in an interview with the BBC that the whistleblower claims were independently investigated by a third party that found them to have no substance."
The Alan Turing Institute will shift efforts to protect UK energy, transport and utilities from cyber-attacks through a programme of science and innovation focused on hostile threats. The change follows the resignation of chief executive Jean Innes after staff protest and government calls for strategic overhaul. Blythe Crawford will report next month on how the institute can support government AI ambitions in defence, national security and intelligence. Chair Doug Gurr said 78 projects have been closed, spun out or completed as misaligned with the new direction. An independent review found whistleblower claims to have no substance. Recent outages and attacks exposed national vulnerabilities.
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