78 Annex 3 HEADLINE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME ANNEX 3: HEADLINE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 2016-2021 Vision: the UK is secure and resilient to cyber threats; prosperous and confident in the digital world Strategic outcomes Indicative success measures (to 2021) Contributes to 1. The UK has the capability to effectively detect, investigate and counter the threat from the cyber activities of our adversaries. • The stronger information sharing networks that we have established with our international partners, and wider multilateral agreements in support of lawful and responsible behaviour by states, are substantially contributing to our ability to understand and respond to the threat, resulting in a better defended UK. • Our defence and deterrence measures, alongside our country-specific strategies, are making the UK a harder target for hostile foreign actors and cyber terrorists to succeed against. • Improved understanding of the cyber threat from hostile foreign and terrorist actors, through identification and investigation of cyber terrorism threats to the UK. • Ensuring that terrorist cyber capability remains low in the long term, through close monitoring of capability, and disruption of terrorist cyber potential and activity at the earliest opportunity. • The UK is a world leader in offensive cyber capability. • The UK has established a pipeline of skills and expertise to develop and deploy our sovereign offensive cyber capabilities. • Our sovereign cryptographic capabilities are effective in keeping our secrets and sensitive information safe from unauthorised disclosure. DETER 2. The impact of cybercrime on the UK and its interests is significantly reduced and cyber criminals are deterred from targeting the UK. • We are having a greater disruptive effect on cyber criminals attacking the UK, with increased numbers of arrests and convictions, and larger numbers of criminal networks dismantled as a result of law enforcement intervention. • Improved law enforcement capability, including: capacity and skills for both dedicated specialists and mainstream officers; and enhanced overseas law enforcement capability. • Improved effectiveness, and increased scale, of early intervention (“PREVENT”) measures is dissuading and reforming offenders. • A reduction in low-level cyber offences as a result of cyber criminal services being harder to access and less effective. DETER 3. The UK has the capability to manage and respond effectively to cyber incidents to reduce the harm they cause to the UK and counter cyber adversaries. • 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 National Cyber Security Centre as a centralised incident reporting and response mechanism. • We will address the root causes of attacks at a national level, reducing the occurrence of repeated exploitation across multiple victims and sectors. DEFEND National Cyber Security Strategy 2016