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Maps of Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience are published here once their data rights are cleared and they have been reviewed. Each shows its time and space reference, its sources and its uncertainty.

02What is shown

Released, referenced and rights-cleared.

  • Time and space reference for every view.
  • Sources and licence.
  • Uncertainty and known limits.
  • Version and date of release.
03Geography

Connected activity worldwide.

Night lights, population density and true-colour imagery across the world, from NASA GIBS. Each layer carries its own date.

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Layers 3

Connected activity, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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Connected activity, framed on the world.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date. They are indicators, not assessments of any place.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONET · NASA HLS S30Sources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Live events: NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET); events are indicative and keep their original source links.
  • Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • Optional layers (5 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04Indicators

What a released map in this field would carry.

IndicatorUnitCadenceEvidence labelTopic
Assets inventoriedpercent of estimated assetsquarterlyDeclaredCyber risk management
Critical vulnerabilities past remediation targetcountweeklyObservedCyber risk management
Accounts with multi-factor authenticationpercent of accountsmonthlyObservedCyber risk management
Known exploited vulnerabilities presentcountweeklyObservedCyber risk management
Board reporting on cyber riskfrequency per yearannualDeclaredCyber risk management
Estimated loss range for top scenarioscurrency rangeper assessmentEstimatedCyber risk management
Incidents reported by critical sectorscount by sectorannualPublished statisticsCritical service cyber
Internet-exposed industrial control devicescountmonthlyObservedCritical service cyber
Operators with tested manual fallbackpercent of operatorsper assessmentReportedCritical service cyber
Service outage hours caused by cyber incidentshoursper incidentObservedCritical service cyber
Security advisories for industrial control systemscountmonthlyPublished statisticsCritical service cyber
IT and OT network segmentationpercent of sites segmentedper assessmentDeclaredCritical service cyber
Critical services hosted with a single providercountper inventoryDeclaredCloud and third parties
Third parties with privileged accesscountquarterlyObservedCloud and third parties
Cloud misconfiguration findingscount by severityweeklyObservedCloud and third parties
Contracts with incident notification and exit termspercent of critical contractsannualReportedCloud and third parties
Provider outages affecting servicescount and hoursannualObservedCloud and third parties
Market share of top cloud providerspercent of marketannualEstimatedCloud and third parties
Accounts using phishing-resistant authenticationpercent of accountsmonthlyObservedIdentity and data security
Privileged accountscountmonthlyObservedIdentity and data security
Personal data breaches notified to regulatorscountannualPublished statisticsIdentity and data security
Records exposed in breachescountper breachReportedIdentity and data security
Sensitive data encrypted at restpercent of data storesper assessmentDeclaredIdentity and data security
Credential exposure in breach datasetscount of organisational accountsmonthlyObservedIdentity and data security
Coordinated inauthentic networks removedcount of networksquarterlyReportedInformation operations
Documented foreign information manipulation incidentscountannualReportedInformation operations
Reach of identified operationsestimated audienceper caseEstimatedInformation operations
Synthetic media incidents in electionscountper electionReportedInformation operations
Researcher data access under platform rulescount of approved requestsannualDeclaredInformation operations
Content moderation actionscount by policyper reporting periodDeclaredInformation operations
Median dwell timedays from intrusion to detectionannualEstimatedIncident response recovery
Mean time to restore critical serviceshoursper incidentObservedIncident response recovery
Backups tested for restorationpercent of critical systemsquarterlyObservedIncident response recovery
Immutable or offline backupspercent of critical dataper assessmentDeclaredIncident response recovery
Incidents reported to national authoritiescount by typeannualPublished statisticsIncident response recovery
Incident response exercises heldcountannualReportedIncident response recovery
Products shipped with a software bill of materialspercent of productsper assessmentDeclaredSupply chain security
Open-source dependencies with known vulnerabilitiescountweeklyObservedSupply chain security
Builds with verifiable provenancepercent of buildsmonthlyObservedSupply chain security
Malicious packages reported in registriescountmonthlyReportedSupply chain security
Critical projects with security practices in placescore on a stated checklistper assessmentEstimatedSupply chain security
Time to remediate a critical component vulnerabilitydaysper eventObservedSupply chain security
Systems with cryptographic inventorypercent of critical systemsper assessmentDeclaredPost quantum migration
Connections using post-quantum or hybrid key exchangepercent of connectionsmonthlyObservedPost quantum migration
Products supporting standard post-quantum algorithmscountper assessmentDeclaredPost quantum migration
Data with long confidentiality requirementscount of data classesper assessmentDeclaredPost quantum migration
Migration milestones metpercent of planned milestonesannualReportedPost quantum migration
Expert estimates of cryptographically relevant quantum computer timingprobability by periodannualEstimatedPost quantum migration
05Process

How the process runs.

Process explorer · Process

Released maps: Layers to published map

7 steps4 stages1 gate

Process

Released maps: Layers to published map

Layers enter with their rights, are aligned, analysed and checked for uncertainty, then released after public-safe review; a map is a governed spatial claim.

  1. 01 Data

    1. 01Source layers with their rightsDataset · NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk)Spatial views of The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX) products sit under the boundary licence gate. Rights classification sets how a layer may be used.
  2. 02 Harmonise

    1. 02Coordinate reference and boundary versionRecord · NXS-EOP (earth observation and digital twins)The area of interest preserves its coordinate reference system, polygon validity and observation support. Boundary versions are kept.
    2. 03Harmonise units, variables and timeStepUnit metadata, conversion records and transformation logs are required. Alignment is an evidence event, not hidden preprocessing.
  3. 03 Analyse and check

    1. 04Analyse with a recorded processing recipeModel · GIS teamA processing recipe records parameters, calibration, inputs and output lineage. The analysis methods are named in each product's own record.
    2. 05Spatial uncertainty checkGateSpatial uncertainty is recorded and affects downstream use. A high-uncertainty polygon may suit internal review, not public-safe release.
  4. 04 Publish

    1. 06Spatial metadata bundleRecordThe bundle records boundary type, jurisdiction, geometry version, projection, resolution, source, time window, uncertainty and access class.
    2. 07Public-safe release of the mapDecisionThe output record names the redactions, uncertainty and public-safe reviewer. A map is a governed spatial claim, never merely a picture.

Spatio-temporal intelligence · Data protocols: semantic, jurisdictional and temporal intelligence · NXS-EOPDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation. The pages cited are design doctrine.

06Reading the maps

Cautions that apply to cyber maps.

  • Cloud region maps show announced regions, not capacity.
  • Cable maps show routes, not traffic.
  • Incident maps reflect reporting, not attack distribution.
07Status

Releases appear as they are reviewed.

Analysis runs in Foundry; reviewed releases are listed here.

08Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

09Questions

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