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NCSC ACD 2.0 cyber-deception rollout plan

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The NCSC shared findings from an Active Cyber Defence (ACD) 2.0 cyber-deception pilot, moving the UK program toward broader deployment. The pilot involved 121 UK organizations and 14 providers and surfaced gaps in metrics, terminology, guidance, and configuration that can create false confidence if tools are misused. The agency says it wants to build an evidence base for national-scale cyber deception, including 5,000 internet-facing solutions and two million honeytokens, to improve detection and national resilience.

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  1. 12.12.2025 12:30 2 articles · 6mo ago

    NCSC shares ACD 2.0 cyber-deception pilot findings

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    The National Cyber Security Centre shared findings from an Active Cyber Defence (ACD) 2.0 pilot involving 121 UK organizations and 14 cyber-deception solution providers, highlighting inconsistent terminology, weak outcome-based metrics, guidance gaps, and misconfiguration risks that can create a false sense of security or allow threat actors into networks.

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