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About Us)*
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Our Mission)*
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center’s (NCCIC) mission is to reduce the risk of systemic cybersecurity and communications challenges in our role as the Nation’s flagship cyber defense, incident response, and operational integration center.
Since 2009, NCCIC has served as a national hub for cyber and communications information, technical expertise, and operational integration, and by operating our 24/7 situational awareness, analysis, and incident response center.
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Our Vision and Guiding Principles)*
NCCIC’s vision is a secure and robust cyber and communications infrastructure, resilient against attacks and disruption. In pursuing our vision, we adhere to a number of Guiding Principles:
*Put Customers First. Understand and meet our customer and constituent needs quickly and completely.
*Lead the Global Mission. In service to our national interests, serve as a global ambassador for cyber and communications security
expertise, excellence, and information.
*Be an Active Force for Good. Defend the homeland by being the first and best option to identify, understand, prevent, protect, and
respond to significant threats and exploitations of our cyber and communications infrastructure.
*Drive Innovation. Stay on the cutting edge of innovation to bring down risk, learning from past experiences and anticipating change.
Inspire others to better understand and apply cyber and communications knowledge and tools.
*Be Right, Be Fast. Connect people-to-people and people-to-content to build community knowledge. Share threat and vulnerability
information quickly and broadly, while maintaining the confidence and trust of our stakeholders and the constitutional rights of the
American people.
*Earn Trust. Relentlessly build our reputation as the authoritative source of information and a dependable partner through technical
excellence and accurate, timely analysis. We are the experts other professionals turn to for help.
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What We Do)*
NCCIC provides a year in review to the public for the opportunity to better understand our accomplishments and how we have progressed during the past fiscal year.
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NCCIC Year in Review:
FY 2017 NCCIC is a hub for information and expertise. We are a global exchange for cyber and communications information, sharing what we receive back to the cybersecurity community.
*We build risk awareness and help people understand how to mitigate threats and vulnerabilities.
*We help customers take action to improve their risk posture and support a common operational picture of the national cyber and
communications risk landscape.
*We defend federal networks and respond to significant incidents.
*We are here for our partners and customers when they need help. We vigilantly defend the Federal Government’s critical networks and
stand ready to respond to attacks on both government and private sector networks.
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Our Critical Mission Activities)*
*Information exchange,
*Training and exercises,
*Risk and vulnerability assessments,
*Data synthesis and analysis,
*Operational planning and coordination,
*Watch operations, and
*Incident response and recovery.
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Our History)*
The below graphic depicts the rich history of NCCIC’s organizational structure, which was comprised of the following legacy organizations:
*NCS – National Communications System
*NCC – National Coordinating Center (NCC) for communications
*US-CERT – United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
*ICS-CERT – Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team
