From April 24-28, Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden traveled to California. During this trip, Acting Director Walden emphasized how the National Cybersecurity Strategy sets the agenda for the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), including the development of an interagency National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) implementation plan; the forthcoming National Cyber Workforce and Education…
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A Call To Action: Building the Cyber Workforce the Nation Needs
By Kemba Walden, Acting National Cyber Director October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and I’d like to reflect on our collective responsibility to defend our country, serve our communities, and protect our families. Digital technologies today touch nearly every aspect of our lives. In less than a generation, technology has transformed just about everything including how…
Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Releases End of Year Report on Open-Source Software Security Initiative
Read the full report here Today, as part of President Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS), the Office of the National Cyber Director published the 2023 End of Year Report on the Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I). The report details the critical work over the last year to continue the President’s commitment to secure the full…
Biden-Harris Administration Launches Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge to Protect America’s Critical Software
Several leading AI companies – Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI – to partner with DARPA in major competition to make software more secure The Biden-Harris Administration today launched a major two-year competition that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to protect the United States’ most important software, such as code that helps run the internet and…
Readout: Office of National Cyber Director Hosts Roundtable on “The State of Cybersecurity in the Black Community”
In celebration of Black History Month, Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden hosted a roundtable today at the White House entitled “The State of Cybersecurity in the Black Community.” Guests from the cybersecurity ecosystem, including non-profits, academia, the private sector, government, and community advocates, discussed access to good-paying jobs, growth of small, disadvantaged businesses, and…
ONCD Welcomes Mr. Harry Coker, Jr. as Next National Cyber Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2023 Earlier today, the United States Senate confirmed Mr. Harry Coker, Jr. as National Cyber Director in the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. Once sworn in, Mr. Coker will be the second National Cyber Director in the Office, which was established in 2021 as part of the National…
Joint Statement of the Quad Senior Cyber Group
Based on the discussion of Quad Senior Cyber Group 3rd In-person Meeting of Principles which was held in Tokyo the on December 5 and 6, the head of delegation of each country issued the following Joint Press Release of the Quad Senior Group on December 14. We — Deputy Secretary Cyber and Infrastructure Security Hamish…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Holds Workforce Hub Convenings in Augusta and Pittsburgh, Announces Commitments to Expand Pathways into Good-Paying Jobs
Employers, unions, and other collaborators will create thousands of jobs, expand Registered Apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships, and increase recruitment from underserved communities On Wednesday, First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Augusta and Pittsburgh for Workforce Hub convenings in each city, announcing commitments to equitable workforce development from dozens of Hub collaborators. In May, the Biden-Harris…
Fact Sheet: Office of the National Cyber Director Requests Public Comment on Open-Source Software Security and Memory Safe Programming Languages
Request for Information Today, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is announcing a Request For Information (RFI) on open source software…
Readout of White House Multifactor Authentication Modernization Symposium
Yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), the National Security Council (NSC), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) jointly hosted a Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Modernization Symposium. The event brought together leaders from industry and government to discuss how the Federal government can support and…
