Threat Intelligence & Risk Awareness provides a comprehensive suite of cyber defence capabilities for UK policing, delivered through the Police Digital Service’s (PDS) National Management Centre (NMC), to enable proactive threat identification, analysis, and management.
How it works
By combining intelligence-led monitoring with expert analysis and coordinated support, the service helps forces identify emerging threats, assess system weaknesses, and respond effectively to cyber incidents. It supports informed decision-making and strengthens the overall cyber resilience of policing.
Benefits
- Enhanced situational awareness and early threat detection.
- Timely identification and resolution of vulnerabilities.
- Strengthened cyber posture and incident response capability.
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What we need
- Infrastructure and external attack surface details.
- System inventory and configuration data.
- Access to system logs and threat indicators.
- Malware samples and affected system data (if applicable).
- Penetration test scope and supplier details.
What you get
- Weekly and bespoke threat intelligence reports.
- Vulnerability assessments and remediation guidance.
- Threat hunting reports and incident insights.
- Malware analysis and mitigation advice.
- Penetration testing coordination and assurance support.
Use case
PDS Threat Intelligence reports on a known threat actor, which actively targets UK policing. In response, Threat Hunting identifies indicators of compromise (IOCs) and techniques associated with the actor. This triggers the Incident Response process, while Vulnerability Management assesses the force’s estate for known vulnerabilities exploited by the threat actor.
During the incident lifecycle, a malware sample deployed by the threat actor is recovered and submitted to the Malware Analysis Service. The resulting analysis report is then ingested by Threat Hunting to assess the extent of compromise across the force estate and to proactively search for similar activity in other forces.
