Security News > 2023 > March > White House releases new U.S. national cybersecurity strategy
The Biden-Harris administration today released its national cybersecurity strategy that focuses on shifting the burden of defending the country's cyberspace towards software vendors and service providers.
Washington's new cybersecurity defense plan also acknowledges the collaboration between public and private sectors and with international allies and partners as essential for securing the nation against cyber threats.
"We must rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting the burden for cybersecurity away from individuals, small businesses, and local governments, and onto the organizations that are most capable and best-positioned to reduce risks for all of us," the White House said today.
Regarding the biggest threats to national cybersecurity, the administration says that China and Russia are the most active and aggressive states behind malicious activity targeting U.S. critical infrastructure and assets.
"Over the last ten years, [China] has expanded cyber operations beyond intellectual property theft to become our most advanced strategic competitor with the capacity to threaten U.S. interests and dominate emerging technologies critical to global development," the strategy reads.
The ones that will coordinate the efforts to implement this new cybersecurity strategy are the Office of National Cyber Director in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, under the oversight of the National Security Council.