Security News > 2023 > July > White House Launches Cybersecurity Implementation Plan

The White House has announced the first iteration of the National Cybersecurity Implementation Plan.

The plan aims to boost public and private cybersecurity resilience, take the fight to threat actors, beef up the defense of infrastructure and draw a clear national roadmap of cybersecurity responsibilities.

There are more than 65 federal initiatives under the banner of a National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan.

According to a White House document about the plan, it looks at two critical areas: the need for more "Capable actors" in cyberspace to shoulder more cybersecurity responsibilities and the need to incentivize and invest in long-term resilience.

The Plan's release comes a day after the Cybersecurity Coalition - with four other security and software industry groups cosigning - sent a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to nominate a new National Cyber Director before the end of the month.

The second pillar of the Plan involves the Department "Increasing the volume and speed of disruption campaigns against cybercriminals, nation-state adversaries, and associated enablers by expanding its organizational platforms dedicated to such threats and increasing the number of qualified attorneys dedicated to cyber work," the Plan document states.

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