report  Download / Print article PDF ##### ShareCopied to clipboard ##### Share##### Facebook##### Linkedin##### X##### Copy LinkCopied to clipboard ##### Share##### Facebook##### Linkedin##### X##### Copy LinkACD – The Sixth Year====================Key findings and full report from the 6th year of the Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme. Invalid DateTime  The aim of [Active Cyber Defence (ACD)](/section/active-cyber-defence/introduction) is to ‘Protect the majority of people in the UK from the majority of the harm caused by the majority of the cyber attacks the majority of the time.’ It was launched in 2017 and continues to protect the UK, in a relatively automated way, from a significant proportion of commodity cyber attacks.The full report and a summary from the sixth year of the NCSC’s ACD programme can be found in the Downloads section of this page. *** ** * ** ***Downloads———[* pdf* 1220 KB#### ACD The Sixth Year – full reportFull report of the findings from the sixth year of the NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence programme.](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/files/ACD6-full-report.pdf) [* pdf* 606 KB#### ACD The Sixth Year – summary of key findingsThis document summarises some of the key findings from the sixth year of the NCSC’s ACD programme.](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/files/acd6-summary.pdf) Topics——[Active Cyber Defence](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/advice-guidance/all-topics?topics=Active Cyber Defence)|  | Back to top |  | Download / Print article PDF || ##### Share|| Copied to clipboard || ##### Share|| || ##### Facebook|| || ##### Linkedin|| || ##### X|| || ##### Copy Link|| Copied to clipboard || ##### Share|| || ##### Facebook|| || ##### Linkedin|| || ##### X|| || ##### Copy Link|| * || ##### Published|| * 6 July 2023| *|| ##### Written For|| * [Cyber security professionals](/section/advice-guidance/cyber-security-professionals)| * [Public sector](/section/advice-guidance/public-sector)| * [Large organisations](/section/advice-guidance/large-organisations)| * [Small -& medium sized organisations](/section/advice-guidance/small-medium-sized-organisations)| * || ##### Published|| * 6 July 2023| *|| ##### Written For|| * [Cyber security professionals](/section/advice-guidance/cyber-security-professionals)| * [Public sector](/section/advice-guidance/public-sector)| * [Large organisations](/section/advice-guidance/large-organisations)* [Small -& medium sized organisations](/section/advice-guidance/small-medium-sized-organisations)  Back to top
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