Nationales Cyber-Abwehrzentrum

The National Cyber Defence Centre (NCDC or Cyber-DC) is a cooperation, communication and coordination platform of German Federal agencies and other institutions from different ministries dealing in particular with cyber-related matters of nationwide relevance.

On the basis of an exchange on cyber-related matters or incidents every working day, a joint, overall cyber-security situation report for Germany is regularly prepared and updated.

Taking into account their respective tasks, responsibilities and legal powers, now eight core authorities with equal rights - the BBK, BSI, BfV, BKA, BND, the Federal Police Headquarters as well as for the Bundeswehr the Military Counterintelligence Service (Militärischer Abschirmdienst / BAMAD) and the Cyber and Information Domain Service (Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum / KdoCIR) - work together even more intensively in the Cyber Defence Centre.

The mission statement of the Cyber Defence Centre defines its core tasks as follows: The Cyber Defence Centre is the cooperation, communication and coordination platform of the appropriate (security) authorities of the different ministries which, in particular through a joint, up-to-date and comprehensive cyber-security situation report for Germany, strategic reporting and the coordinating operational and interdisciplinary case management, provides indispensable contributions to Germany's national cyber-security and thus - also in the event of a crisis - to the Federal Government's capacity to act.

To this end and in compliance with legal provisions, the authorities and institutions involved in the Cyber Defence Centre exchange information on cyber-relevant matters on a daily basis and jointly derive implications for Germany's cyber-security.