EOs likely to drive cyber strategy actions
EOs likely to drive cyber strategy actions
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/03/eos-likely-to-drive-cyber-strategy-actions/
Publish Date: 2026-03-12 00:07:00
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The new national cyber strategy is light on details, and implementation details could come in the form of executive orders and other actions to advance implementation of the White House’s goals.
The six-pillar national cyber strategy, released last Friday, runs a total of seven pages, including four pages of text. The Biden administration’s 2023 strategy ran 39 pages long, while the first Trump administration’s 2018 strategy totaled 40 pages.
National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross had previewed that the strategy document would be a “short statement of intent and policy.” But some have criticized the dearth of details, and the brief document has many speculating what exactly the Trump administration will do to advance the strategy.
During a webinar Wednesday, Venable senior director Caitlin Clarke suggested “where we will see clarity is particularly in implementing executive orders.” She pointed to the cybercrime executive order President Donald Trump also signed out on Friday afternoon.
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Clarke served under the Biden administration in both the National Security Council and the Office of the National Cyber Director.
“I would not expect a big spreadsheet, like the implementation plan under the last administration,” Clarke said. “I would expect to see similar to what the administration has done on AI, but an implementation through executive action, through multiple executive orders that are tied to the different pillars.”
The Biden administration published detailed implementation plans associated with its national cyber strategy. Those plans identified specific actions and agencies responsible for spearheading each initiative.
By contrast, Clarke expects executive orders and other actions from the Trump administration will directly lay out who is responsible for advancing the Trump administration’s new strategy.
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