Who We Are
The Cyber Defense Assistance Collaborative (CDAC), a CRDF Global Initiative, is a volunteer group of cybersecurity and technology organizations that seek to provide threat intelligence, technology, training, advisory, and other cyber defense assistance to allied nation states in conflict.
Our Story
CDAC was formed in response to the high volume of cyber-attacks on Ukrainian public and private institutions prior to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Recognizing the acute cyber risk to Ukraine critical infrastructure and the global cyber threat landscape, leading US cyber experts formed CDAC to galvanize and organize the US private sector to provide operational cyber defense assistance to Ukraine. They received support from Avast, the Cyber Threat Alliance, LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, Mandiant, Next Peak, Palo Alto Networks, Recorded Future, Symantec/Broadcom, ThreatQuotient, and others to provide operational cyber defense assistance to Ukraine. Since March of 2022, over a dozen companies have devoted their time and provided cutting-edge tools to help Ukrainian cyber defenders secure networks, hunt for and counter threats from malicious cyber intruders, improve attack surface monitoring, and provide cyber threat intelligence to protect critical infrastructure. The CDAC has proven highly effective in helping Ukraine sustain its ability to operate in the digital space and shows a high potential for the initiative to provide support in other conflicts around the world. CDAC is housed under CRDF Global and has received funding support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
Our Story
CDAC was formed in response to the high volume of cyber-attacks on Ukrainian public and private institutions prior to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Recognizing the acute cyber risk to Ukraine critical infrastructure and the global cyber threat landscape, leading US cyber experts formed CDAC to galvanize and organize the US private sector to provide operational cyber defense assistance to Ukraine. They received support from Avast, the Cyber Threat Alliance, LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, Mandiant, Next Peak, Palo Alto Networks, Recorded Future, Symantec/Broadcom, ThreatQuotient, and others to provide operational cyber defense assistance to Ukraine. Since March of 2022, over a dozen companies have devoted their time and provided cutting-edge tools to help Ukrainian cyber defenders secure networks, hunt for and counter threats from malicious cyber intruders, improve attack surface monitoring, and provide cyber threat intelligence to protect critical infrastructure. The CDAC has proven highly effective in helping Ukraine sustain its ability to operate in the digital space and shows a high potential for the initiative to provide support in other conflicts around the world. CDAC is housed under CRDF Global and has received funding support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
OUR PARTNERS
In addition to the entities below, there are numerous organizations that have participated in CDAC’s efforts to date but wish to remain anonymous that have delivered products or services to Ukrainian organizations. Thank you to the Ukrainian NSDC and the CRDF Global Kyiv team to make this possible.
