National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan

President Biden's March 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy lays out a vision for cyberspace. It outlines a path for achieving two significant shifts: the need for more capable actors in cyberspace to bear more of the responsibility for cybersecurity and the need to increase incentives to make investments in long term-resilience. The Implementation Plan is structured by pillar and strategic objective, to align with the National Cybersecurity Strategy, which has the following 5 pillars and strategic objectives:

1. Defend Critical Infrastructure:
   • ​​Establish Cybersecurity Requirements to Support National Security and Public Safety;
   • Scale Public-Private Collaboration​​;
   • Integrate Federal Cybersecurity Centers;
   • Update Federal Incident Response Plans and Processes;
   • Modernize Federal Defenses;
2. Disrupt and Dismantle Threat Actors:
   • ​​Integrate Federal Disruption Activities;
   • Enhance Public-Private Operational Collaboration to Disrupt Adversaries;
   • Increase the Speed and Scale of Intelligence Sharing and Victim Notification;
   • Prevent Abuse of US-Based Infrastructure;
   • Counter Cybercrime, Defeat Ransomware;
3. Shape Market Forces to Drive Security and Resilience:
   • ​​Drive the Development of Secure IoT Devices;
   • Shift Liability for Insecure Software Products and Services;
   • Use Federal Grants and Other Incentives to Build in Security;
   • Leverage Federal Procurement to Improve Accountability;
   • Explore a Federal Cyber Insurance Backstop;
4. Invest in A Resilient Future:​​
   • Secure the Technical Foundation of the Internet;
   • Reinvigorate Federal Research and Development for Cybersecurity;
   • Prepare for our Post-Quantum Future;
   • Secure Our Clean Energy Future;
   • Develop a National Strategy to Strengthen Our Cyber Workforce;
5. Forge International Partnerships to Pursue Shared Goals:
   • ​​Build Coalitions to Counter Threats to Our Digital Ecosystem;
   • Strengthen International Partner Capacity;
   • Expand US Ability to Assist Allies and Partners;
   • Build Coalitions to Reinforce Global Norms of Responsible State Behavior;
   • Secure Global Supply Chains for Information, Communications, and Operational Technology Products and Services.