To keep all Americans secure and boost the next generation of innovation in the U.S., we must drastically scale up the cyber workforce across the country. The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) developed the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES) and Fact Sheet to address this national security and economic imperative. The…
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PCAST Releases Report on Strategy for Cyber-Physical Resilience
Today, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report on fortifying the nation’s cyber-physical systems. These systems are the integrated digital and infrastructural resources that are crucial to Americans’ daily lives, including the electrical grid, public water systems, internet and telecommunications, banking systems, air traffic control, and much more. President…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy, Unleashing America’s Cyber Talent
Read the full strategy here Today, the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES), a first-of-its-kind comprehensive approach aimed at addressing both immediate and long-term cyber workforce needs. Filling the hundreds of thousands of cyber job vacancies across our nation is a national security imperative and the Administration is making generational…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Initiative to Bolster Cybersecurity of U.S. Ports
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration will issue an Executive Order to bolster the security of the nation’s ports, alongside a series of additional actions that will strengthen maritime cybersecurity, fortify our supply chains and strengthen the United States industrial base. The Administration will also announce its intent to bring domestic onshore manufacturing capacity back to America…
Readout: Investing In America Connects Students to Cyber Jobs in San Antonio
Hispanic-Serving Institutions in San Antonio help put “Cyber City USA” on the map for educating and employing cyber workers April 19, 2024 This week, Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director (APDNCD) Jake Braun visited Texas A&M University in San Antonio to highlight how President Biden’s Investing In America Agenda and his National Cybersecurity Strategy are…
Readout: Office of the National Cyber Director Convenes Professors & Think Tank Experts at a Legal Symposium on Software Liability
ONCD Aims to Incentivize Secure Coding Practices to Protect All Software Users March 27, 2024 Today, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) hosted law professors and think tank experts at the White House for A Legal Symposium on Software Liability. The Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) supports the development of a software liability…
Office of Management and Budget Releases Draft Memorandum for Modernizing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
OMB is requesting public comment on a new draft memorandum to strengthen and enhance the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Historically, the Federal Government has spent significant resources on physical data centers, missing out on the flexibility, security and performance of commercial cloud infrastructure. In 2011, OMB created FedRAMP to address these issues,…
Statements of Support for Software Measurability and Memory Safety
Read the full report here Read the fact sheet here Today, the Office of the National Cyber Director released a new Technical Report titled “Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software.” This report builds upon the President’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, addressing the technical community to tackle undiscovered vulnerabilities that malicious…
Press Release: Future Software Should Be Memory Safe
Leaders in Industry Support White House Call to Address Root Cause of Many of the Worst Cyber Attacks Read the full report here WASHINGTON – Today, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released a report calling on the technical community to proactively reduce the attack surface in cyberspace. ONCD makes the…
Readout: Biden Administration and Partners Announce Major Commitments to Fill Cyber Jobs as Acting National Cyber Director Kicks Off Workforce Roadshow in Las Vegas
August 9, 2023 Today, the Biden-Harris Administration participated in a regional cyber workforce summit focused on expanding access to good-paying, middle-class jobs for all Nevadans at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), a Minority-Serving and Hispanic-Serving Institution. Multiple organizations, along with the Biden Administration, announced significant commitments addressing the national security imperative to grow…
