45 Section 5 DEFEND reinforces cooperation. We will build on our national cyber exercise plan, using our improved understanding and awareness of the threat, to improve our offer of support to public and private sector partners. 5.6.7. We will create a trusted and credible government identity for incident advice, assistance and assurance. This will increase the cyber security awareness across the UK digital community and will enable us the better to identify trends, take pro-active measures and, ultimately, prevent incidents. 5.6.8. In moving towards automated information sharing (i.e. cyber security systems automatically alerting each other to incidents or attacks), we will deliver a more effective service. This will allow organisations to act swiftly on relevant threat information. Measuring success 5.6.9. The Government will measure its success in managing incidents by assessing progress towards the following outcomes: • a higher proportion of incidents are reported to the authorities, leading to a better understanding of the size and scale of the threat; • cyber incidents are managed more effectively, efficiently and comprehensively, as a result of the creation of the NCSC as a centralised incident reporting and response mechanism; and • we will address the root causes of attacks at a national level, reducing the occurrence of repeated exploitation across multiple victims and sectors. National Cyber Security Strategy 2016