About This Report The National Cyber Director is providing this report to the President, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Congress as required under 6 U.S.C. § 1500 (c)(1)(C)(vi). This report assesses the cybersecurity posture of the United States, the effectiveness of national cyber policy and strategy and the status of the implementation of national cyber policy and strategy by Federal departments and agencies. As defined in 6 U.S.C. § 1500 (g)(1), the term “cybersecurity posture” means the ability to identify, to protect against, to detect, to respond to, and to recover from an intrusion in an information system the compromise of which could constitute a cyber attack or a cyber campaign of significant consequence. In addition, and as required under 6 U.S.C. § 1500 (c)(1)(G), this document reports to Congress on cybersecurity threats and issues facing the United States, including any new or emerging technologies that may affect national security, economic prosperity, or enforcing the rule of law. This report focuses on events that occurred during the past year and addresses earlier events as necessary to provide context. i