CISA’s New Strategy Sets Priorities for National Cyber Defense and Resilience
Summary
CISA’s 10-page “CISA 2030: Defend, Harden, Prevail” strategy prioritizes critical infrastructure protection and resilience. The agency plans to review core services within 60 days, begin implementation within 180 days, and report progress after a year.
Key points
- The strategy largely reaffirms CISA’s existing role while setting priorities for cyber defense, infrastructure security, and resilience.
- CISA plans to review its core services and capabilities within 60 days, implement changes over the following 180 days, and report progress after one year.
- Objectives include integrating federal, state, local, and industry defense; protecting operational technology; and developing software-security guidance.
- The strategy also calls for coordinating intelligence on critical infrastructure, investing in resilience, and modernizing planning and exercises.
- The plan is intended to align with the administration’s broader cyber strategy and an executive order on state and local preparedness.
- Critics say administration budget cuts have diminished CISA and left it understaffed.
Article Details
- Event Type
- CISA published its “CISA 2030: Defend, Harden, Prevail” cybersecurity strategy.
- Impact
- The strategy prioritizes national cyber defense, critical infrastructure protection and resilience. CISA plans to review its core services and capabilities within 60 days, implement changes over the following 180 days, and report on progress after one year.