The US government has released its new National Cybersecurity strategy.
The key focus according to the Biden administration is a “rebalancing” of responsibilities for defending cyberspace away from local governments, small businesses and individuals and towards specialised organisations that are capable of limiting the risks.
Apparently, the new strategy is to develop the focus around five specific pillars, namely:
1. Defend Critical Infrastructure
2. Disrupt and Dismantle Threat Actors
3. Shape Market Forces to Drive Security and Resilience
4. Invest in a Resilient Future
5. Forge International Partnerships to Pursue Shared Goals
Adopting this new approach will, according to the US government, enable the main goals of making the US ecosystem more defensible from attack, while ensuring cyber-defence is an easier, cheaper and more effective process overall.
In a statement released accompanying this new plan, the following was confirmed:
“Next-generation technologies are reaching maturity at an accelerating pace, creating new pathways for innovation while increasing digital interdependencies. Its implementation will protect our investments in rebuilding America’s infrastructure, developing our clean energy sector, and re-shoring America’s technology and manufacturing base.”
