Thoughts on the Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy

By Richard Forno on March 20, 2023 at 5:52 am

What is the National Cybersecurity Strategy? A cybersecurity expert explains what it is and what the Biden administration has changed

Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The Biden administration released its first National Cybersecurity Strategy on March 2, 2023. The last version was issued in 2018 during the Trump administration.

As the National Security Strategy does for national defense, the National Cybersecurity Strategy outlines a president’s priorities regarding cybersecurity issues. The document is not a directive. Rather, it describes in general terms what the administration is most concerned about, who its major adversaries are and how it might achieve its goals through legislation or executive action. These types of strategy statements are often aspirational.

As expected, the 2023 Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy reiterates previous recommendations about how to improve American cybersecurity. It calls for improved sharing of information between the government and private sector about cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities and risks ..

Support the originator by clicking the read the rest link below.