Active Cyber Defence The Fourth Year Uk National Cyber Security Centre by (uk) National Cyber Security Centre instant download after payment.

"How can we use it to help..." was the theme of our Active Cyber Defence (ACD) efforts in 2020. As the pandemic
took hold, we looked at ways in which we could use the ACD tools, services and projects to support people and
organisations moving to a working from home model, and also to protect the health, retail, and other sectors
during that critical period.
As criminals sought to exploit the situation by adapting their cyber attacks, we moved to frustrate their efforts.
Throughout the year we adapted our offerings as circumstance changed and supported organisations critical to
COVID-19 response, including the vaccine supply chain. The year ended with a very different challenge, as we took
an important role in responding to the SolarWinds Orion compromise and its impact on the UK.
The aim of the Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme is to “Protect the majority of people in the UK from the
majority of the harm caused by the majority of the cyber attacks the majority of the time.” We do this through a
wide range of mechanisms, which at their core have the ability to provide protection at scale. In most cases that
requires a lot of automation, and hence data is generated as part of the process. One of the goals of this paper is
to provide transparency using that data, to demonstrate what works (and what doesn’t). In many cases we’ve
developed these approaches with the public sector in mind. We’re actively looking at how we can broaden the
reach of these efforts directly, but there will be limits. While we won’t be able to share our implementations with
everyone, we’re keen that the lessons we’ve learned are broadly understood and applied.