National Cybersecurity Protection System
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The National Cybersecurity Protection System is a U.S. federal program that provides intrusion detection, prevention, and other security capabilities to help protect government networks from cyber threats.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| US-CERT | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal cybersecurity program
ⓘ
intrusion detection system ⓘ intrusion prevention system ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director
|
| alsoKnownAs | NCPS ⓘ |
| collects | cybersecurity-related network data ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| domain | cybersecurity ⓘ |
| excludesScope |
Department of Defense networks
ⓘ
intelligence community networks ⓘ private sector networks ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
malicious network traffic detection
ⓘ
network perimeter security ⓘ |
| goal |
improve detection of malicious activity on federal networks
ⓘ
reduce risk of cyber attacks on federal networks ⓘ |
| governedBy | U.S. federal cybersecurity policy ⓘ |
| includesComponent | EINSTEIN ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
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surface form:
Federal Information Security Modernization Act
Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center ⓘ |
| monitors | federal network gateways ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
ⓘ
United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
|
| providesCapability |
cyber incident prevention
ⓘ
cyber threat detection ⓘ intrusion detection ⓘ intrusion prevention ⓘ network traffic monitoring ⓘ situational awareness ⓘ |
| purpose | protect U.S. federal civilian government networks from cyber threats ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation tools
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surface form:
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program
EINSTEIN 2 ⓘ EINSTEIN ⓘ
surface form:
EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated
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| scope | federal civilian agencies ⓘ |
| sectorProtected | federal civilian executive branch networks ⓘ |
| supports | federal civilian executive branch agencies ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
federal incident response
ⓘ
threat information sharing ⓘ |
| technologyType | network-based security system ⓘ |
| threatTypeAddressed |
denial-of-service attacks
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malware ⓘ phishing ⓘ unauthorized network intrusions ⓘ |
| usesDataSource |
network flow data
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packet capture data ⓘ security alerts ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
US-CERT