Security Education and Awareness Centre (SEAC)

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The SEA Centre (SEAC) is one of the Government Security Centres established to provide specific centralised services to departments. We are a specialist team of security education and awareness professionals who champion best practice across Government. We work with Government departments and collaborate with the Government Security Group, National Technical Authorities and other Government Security Centres. We support and supplement SEA professionals and teams to help them improve their education and awareness programmes.

To improve security culture behaviour change, build SEA capability across Government and reduce human risk in line with the Government Security Strategy, through the provision of a centrally co-ordinated, streamlined approach to Government SEA, providing high-quality, high-impact campaign material and best practice products.​

Grow and scale a collaborative community of SEA practitioners   Develop SEA skills, knowledge and capability across government to help SEA practitioners deliver SEA programmes Produce value-adding pan-government SEA campaigns, products and best-practice material to improve SEA standards across government Promote and support the development of SEA programmes across government organisations Enable/establish mechanisms for departments to track SEA performance and evaluation

• Increase Understanding
• Educating departments delivering on SEA
• Supporting the Security Standard 007, Functional Strategy and Government Cyber Security Strategy
• SEA evaluation and benefits
• Identifying and sourcing external best practice

• Driving good security behaviours
• Cross-Government campaigns (including support to GSG Communications)
• Best practice products
• Targeted departmental SEA support
• Horizon-scanning and response to emerging threats

• SEA Implementation Guide and Training Module
• Targeted SEA / Professional Learning and Development
• Bespoke department SEA assistance and support
• Maintaining a best practice repository (Knowledge Hub)
• Building a SEA Professional community and specialism

If you are interested in any of our services or want more information e-mail sea.centre@DWP.GOV.UK