Annual Review 2017

Description

The NCSC was created in 2016 to make the UK the safest place to live and work online. Operating as part of GCHQ, it is a cornerstone of the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy. The creation of the NCSC has brought together previously separate parts of government, MI5 and GCHQ to create a single lead authority on UK cyber security. We moved into our new London headquarters after an official opening by Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. While we are still early on in our journey, our successes over our first 12 months are outlined in this report. In summary, the NCSC has: - launched the Active Cyber Defence, which has prevented thousands of attacks and reduced the average time a phishing site is online from 27 hours to 1 hour - responded to more than 590 significant incidents, co-ordinating government’s response and providing reassurance to the public - led the UK response to the global WannaCry incident, which affected 47 NHS trusts, providing vital assistance and reassurance to those impacted - created a website to provide easy-to-understand advice and information to the public. The site received 100,000 visitors in a single month and we issued 2,000 tweets over the year - hosted 2,300 delegates and 173 speakers at our three-day CyberUK conference in Liverpool, to share insights and build their understanding of cyber security - seen a 43% increase in visits (4,000 visitors per month) to the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP), which allows the community to share information about cyber threats - produced 200,000 physical items for 190 customer departments through the UK Key Production Authority, securing and protecting the vital communications of our Armed Forces and the national security community - helped nurture the next generation of cyber experts by hosting more than 1,000 young people on CyberFirst courses and inspiring 8,000 young women to enter our CyberFirst Girls competition - created the pioneering Industry 100 initiative to work with or embed one hundred industry professionals within the NCSC, to provide challenge and innovation - worked with more than 50 countries across five continents, including signing NATO’s ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding