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.

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Generate an image of the National Cybersecurity Protection System (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.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal cybersecurity program ⓘ
intrusion detection system ⓘ
intrusion prevention system ⓘ
administeredBy Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NCPS ⓘ
collects cybersecurity-related network data ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
managedBy National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center ⓘ
monitors federal network gateways ⓘ
operatedBy Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ
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 program ⓘ
EINSTEIN 2 ⓘ
EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated ⓘ
linked to: EINSTEIN
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 ⓘ
malware ⓘ
phishing ⓘ
unauthorized network intrusions ⓘ
usesDataSource network flow data ⓘ
packet capture data ⓘ
security alerts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cybersecurity Division → oversees → National Cybersecurity Protection System ⓘ
EINSTEIN 2 → implementedBy → US-CERT ⓘ
linked to: National Cybersecurity Protection System
EINSTEIN 2 → associatedWith → National Cybersecurity Protection System ⓘ
NCPS → fullName → National Cybersecurity Protection System ⓘ
EINSTEIN → relatedTo → Trusted Internet Connections initiative ⓘ
linked to: National Cybersecurity Protection System
Department of Homeland Security cyber components → includes → CISA National Cybersecurity Protection System ⓘ
linked to: National Cybersecurity Protection System