The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) announced today that it is building a pilot reciprocity framework to be used in a critical infrastructure subsector which will give ONCD “valuable insights” into how to best design a harmonized cybersecurity regulatory approach. […]

The Biden-Harris administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy turned one year old on March 2, and the White House’s cyber lead touted that his office has been “working tirelessly” to coordinate implementation of the sweeping policy document. […]

During his first public address in Washington, D.C., today, the White House’s newly confirmed National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker keyed on several initiatives ONCD has in the works to further implement President Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS). […]

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) must establish performance measures and implementation costs for the administration’s recent National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) in order for the strategy to be effective across all Federal agencies, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report argues. […]

Officials from top private sector cybersecurity are looking ahead to key catalysts that will help advance the aims of the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy implementation plan (NCSIP) released last week, including the promise of greater collaboration between the government and the private sector, and the degree to which Congress provides funding for government agencies to carry out the lengthy tasking list that the plan provides. […]

MeriTalk recently sat down with Essye Miller, former DoD deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity, former acting defense chief information officer, and board member for Axonius Federal Systems, and Tom Kennedy, vice president, Axonius Federal Systems, to talk about what successful public-private partnerships look like, lessons learned from past partnership experiences, and how industry and government can come together effectively to work towards common goals that advance the nation’s cybersecurity. […]

With its new National Cybersecurity Strategy, the Biden administration is doubling down on moving the Federal government to a zero trust security architecture, following last year’s mandate to set specific zero trust goals by the end of fiscal year 2024. […]

A top official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said this week that her office played a significant role in helping to craft the White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, and will continue to do so when it comes to implementing the strategy. […]

The National Cybersecurity Strategy that flew out of the White House doors in early March was a year-long effort that involved hundreds of engagements with more than 300 stakeholders – from academia to industry to Federal agencies – a top official at the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) said today. […]

House and Senate lawmakers called on President Biden last week to expedite the nomination of Kemba Walden to head the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), which she has run in an acting capacity since February. […]

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is taking its new National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) on the road in the coming weeks to regional hubs of U.S. space innovation to understand how to bolster the cybersecurity of space systems. […]

The White House is targeting June to release its implementation plan for the National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) unveiled earlier this month, an Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk.  […]

The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) is calling for mandatory cybersecurity standards for the security and resilience of critical infrastructure assets, on the heels of the Biden administration’s release earlier this month of its national cybersecurity strategy that tacks in a similar direction. […]

With the Biden administration’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) out the door last week, Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden is laying out the next steps for implementation of the strategy, including possible inputs into Federal budgets that will begin to see the light of day later this week. […]

Experts from the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) shared their thoughts on March 3 on the main highlights of the White House’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy, as well as some of the challenges that lie ahead. […]

The Biden administration released its much-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy today, with multiple focus points including continuing efforts to improve security in already-regulated critical infrastructure sectors, a high-level goal of shifting more security responsibility onto providers of tech products and services, and a robust focus on using “all tools of national power” to go after attackers. […]

The Office of the National Cyber Director’s (ONCD) long-awaited national cybersecurity strategy (NCS) – widely expected to be released publicly by the White House on March 2 – has one U.S. Cyber Command official looking forward to working toward an era of expanded international partnerships in the global cybersecurity fight. […]

National Cyber Director (NCD) Chris Inglis today previewed some themes from the national cybersecurity strategy that he’s working on – and said the long-awaited strategy should be publishing within the next couple of months. […]

Work by the Biden administration’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) on a national cybersecurity strategy is “well underway,” said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a report issued this week that features a timeline of the ONCD’s activities since mid-2021. […]

While the National Cyber Strategy released by the Trump administration in September may not include many differences in policy compared to the prior version from 2015, the real change comes in the shift from policy to action, including an implementation plan for the National Cyber Strategy, said Grant Schneider, the Federal government’s chief information security officer, on Thursday. […]

Former Department of Defense officials today offered mostly positive reviews of the current administration’s approach to cybersecurity–including the National Cybersecurity Strategy and the DoD Cyber Strategy–while taking note of the risks posed by more offensive-minded leanings featured in those policies. […]