United States of America: Published National Cybersecurity Strategy

On 2 March 2023, the United States Government published the National Cybersecurity Strategy aiming to build a defensible and resilient digital ecosystem, protect sensitive and private information, and avoid incidents with systemic consequences through stakeholder collaboration aligned with US values. In particular, the Strategy seeks to enhance collaboration around five pillars, defend critical infrastructure, disrupt and dismantle threat actors, shape market forces to drive security and resilience, invest in a resilient future and forge international partnerships to pursue shared goals. The Strategy notably makes fundamental shifts and rebalances the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting the burden for cybersecurity away from individuals, small businesses, and local governments and onto the organisations that are most capable and best-positioned to reduce risks. Furthermore, the Strategy highlights the intention to realign incentives to favour long-term investments in security, resilience and new technologies. Finally, the Strategy states that the Office of the National Cyber Director will issue regulations implementing the outlined goals.