The Department of Defense (DoD) on Thursday announced The company's first strategy to strengthen cybersecurity across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).
of DIB Cybersecurity Strategy It outlines the Department of Defense's mission over the next three years to build a secure, resilient, and technologically superior DIB to ensure America's combat advantage.
“Our adversaries understand the strategic value of targeting DIB,” said David McCune, the Pentagon's deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity. During the strategy announcement. “Private sector DIB contractors are at risk of malicious cyber activity by adversaries and non-state actors.”
“By working with DIB, we can better ensure the safety of critical information and the prevention of unauthorized disclosure of that information,” he said.
The strategy outlines four goals aligned with this effort, which the department says are key goals that will guide the Department's efforts to protect the nation and maintain technological superiority. The goals are:
- Strengthen the Department of Defense's governance structure for DIB cybersecurity by increasing interagency cooperation and developing regulations to further manage the cybersecurity responsibilities of contractors and subcontractors.
- Strengthen DIB's cybersecurity posture.
- To maintain the resiliency of critical DIB functions in a cyber competitive environment.and
- Strengthen cybersecurity cooperation between the Department of Defense and DIB.
“We have identified opportunities to strengthen the cybersecurity of our DIB partners, which will improve cybersecurity across the United States,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said in a statement accompanying the strategy announcement. “As our adversaries continually seek information about U.S. capabilities, the Department must work with DIB to remain strong against these attacks and succeed in defending our nation through teamwork.”
This strategy outlines steps to assess compliance with departmental cybersecurity requirements and assess the effectiveness of regulations and requirements. It also outlines steps to work with industry partners to improve cyber-related threat and intelligence information, identify vulnerabilities, and recover from malicious cyber activity.
Additionally, the strategy directs the department to prioritize cyber resiliency within critical defense production capabilities and establish policies focused on cybersecurity for key suppliers.
The new strategy falls under the 2022 National Defense Strategy and the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy, according to the Department of Defense.
This strategy is also consistent with the requirements outlined in the 2023 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy, the 2024 Department of Defense National Defense Industrial Strategy, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Cybersecurity Framework.
