Claudia Natanson, chair of the U.K. Cyber Security Council's board of trustees (Photo: LinkedIn) The U.K. Cyber Security Council, a self-regulatory body for the cybersecurity education and skills sector that began operations Wednesday, is designed to help "close the skills gap," says Claudia Natanson, chair of the council's board of trustees. The council will be "an indispensable resource that will influence and be a source of expert advice for all levels of government, industry and academia," she tells Information Security Media Group. "Ultimately, we want to develop and promote U.K. cybersecurity excellence globally.” The U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport commissioned the new council in September 2019. It was developed by the Cybersecurity Alliance, an umbrella group of 16 organizations whose members include (ISC)², TechUK, the Chartered Institute of Information Security, the Institute of Electrical Engineers and ISACA.