National Security Capability Review Including the second annual report on implementation of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 March 2018 © Crown copyright 2018 Produced by Cabinet Office You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or email:
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[email protected] National Security Capability Review 1 Contents Foreword by the Prime Minister 2 Overview 3 The national security context 5 Our vision, values and approach 7 Our Global Britain vision and values 7 Our approach 9 The Fusion Doctrine 10 Our national security capabilities 12 Defence 14 Counter-Terrorism 18 Cyber 21 Serious and organised crime 23 Ports and borders 26 National resilience 28 Global Britain 30 National security communications 34 Economic security, prosperity and trade 36 Development 41 Cross-government funds 44 Annex: Principal commitments from the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 46 2 National Security Capability Review Foreword by the Prime Minister Last year, we commissioned the National Security Capability Review to establish how best we can apply our national security apparatus to address the increasing and diversifying threats to our country and to our way of life. Overall the framework of the 2015 National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review remains right.