10 Section 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY to support market forces to raise cyber security standards across the UK. The UK Government, in partnership with the Devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, will work with the private and public sectors to ensure that individuals, businesses and organisations adopt the behaviours required to stay safe on the Internet. We will have measures in place to intervene (where necessary and within the scope of our powers) to drive improvements that are in the national interest, particularly in relation to the cyber security of our critical national infrastructure. 1.8. The UK Government will draw on its capabilities and those of industry to develop and apply active cyber defence measures to significantly enhance the levels of cyber security across UK networks. These measures include minimising the most common forms of phishing attacks, filtering known bad IP addresses, and actively blocking malicious online activity. Improvements in basic cyber security will raise the UK’s resilience to the most commonly deployed cyber threats. 1.11. We will have the means to respond to cyber attacks in the same way as we respond to any other attack, using whichever capability is most appropriate, including an offensive cyber capability. 1.12. We will use the authority and influence of the UK Government to invest in programmes to address the shortage of cyber security skills in the UK, from schools to universities and across the workforce. 1.13. We will launch two new cyber innovation centres to drive the development of cutting-edge cyber products and dynamic new cyber security companies. We will also allocate a proportion of the £165m Defence and Cyber Innovation Fund to support innovative procurement in defence and security. 1.14. We will invest a total of £1.9 billion over the next five years to transform significantly the UK’s cyber security. 1.9. We have created a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to be the authority on the UK’s cyber security environment, sharing knowledge, addressing systemic vulnerabilties and providing leadership on key national cyber security issues. 1.10. We will ensure that our Armed Forces are resilient and have the strong cyber defences they need to secure and defend their networks and platforms, continuing to operate and retaining global freedom of manoeuvre despite cyber threats. Our military Cyber Security Operations Centre will work closely with the NCSC and we will ensure that the Armed Forces can assist in the event of a significant national cyber attack. 1 Understanding the threats to networks, and then devising and implementing measures to proactively combat or defend against those threats. See Glossary for an explanation of all technical terms. National Cyber Security Strategy 2016