The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a new scheme designed to help it better understand how vulnerable UK systems are to cyber-attack, in order to enhance resilience. The agency’s new internet scanning capability is designed to build a data-driven view of “the vulnerability of the UK.” It will do this by probing any internet-accessible systems hosted in the country for known vulnerabilities, allowing the NCSC to understand how exposed these assets are and track remediation over time.

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