The US cybersecurity posture under Biden

At a Glance 21-09-2023

In view of the rising frequency and sophistication of cyber-attacks hitting United States (US) targets and entailing widespread disruption of critical infrastructure, significant economic loss, and sensitive content and personal data leaks, the Biden administration has taken a series of steps to bolster the US cybersecurity posture since early 2021. Adding to President Biden's 2021 Executive Order on cybersecurity and 2022 Congressional legislation, the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy lays out a comprehensive vision for a 'defensible, resilient and values-aligned' digital US ecosystem. In a departure from previous US policy, the strategy seeks to rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace and to realign incentives for long-term cybersecurity investment. Mainly for political reasons, the implementation plan is more cautious than the strategy. The geopolitical dimension of EU-US cyber cooperation is growing, due to support for third-country capacity-building.