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A method of rapidly producing a cyber response tool, the method comprising:

• detecting a threat object, during a first phase, with one or more sensor platforms;
• modeling a lifecycle of the detected threat object;
• identifying vulnerabilities of the lifecycle based on the model;
• searching for a cyber response tool in a set of cyber response tools in a database;
• determining whether each cyber response tool of a set of cyber response tools is effective in exploiting and manipulating the threat vulnerabilities based on an observation of the effectiveness of the cyber response tool by the one or more sensor platforms;
• identifying one or more effective portions of one or more of the cyber response tools that correspond to the identified vulnerabilities;
• creating a new cyber response tool based on the identified vulnerabilities and the one or more effective portions;
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• applying the new cyber response tool to the threat object and/or to a device that is operatively connectable to the threat object.

A system for rapidly producing a cyber response tool, the system comprising:

• a detection module for detecting a threat object, during a first phase, with one or more sensor platforms;
• a modeling module for modeling a lifecycle of the detected threat object;
• an identification module for identifying vulnerabilities of the lifecycle based on the model;
• a storage module for providing a set of cyber response tools;
• a determination module for determining whether each cyber response tool of a set of cyber response tools is effective in exploiting and manipulating the threat vulnerabilities based on an observation of the effectiveness of the cyber response tool by the one or more sensor platforms;
• a second identification module for identifying one or more effective portions of one or more of the cyber response tools that correspond to the identified vulnerabilities;
• a matching module for creating a new cyber response tool based on the identified vulnerabilities and the one or more effective portions;
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• an implementation module for applying the new cyber response tool to the threat object and/or to a device that is operatively connectable to the threat object.