Pillar Four: Invest in A Resilient Future
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.6
Secure the Technical Foundation of the Internet
4.1.1 Lead the adoption of network security best practices
4.1.2 Promote open-source software security and the adoption of memory safe
programming languages
4.1.3 Accelerate the development, standardization, and adoption of foundational
Internet infrastructure capabilities and technologies
4.1.4 Accelerate the development and standardization, and support the adoption, of
foundational internet infrastructure capabilities and technologies
4.1.5 Collaborate with key stakeholders to drive secure Internet routing
Reinvigorate Federal Research and Development for Cybersecurity
4.2.1 Accelerate maturity, adoption, and security of memory-safe programming
languages
Prepare for Our Post-Quantum Future
4.3.1 Implement National Security Memorandum-10
4.3.2 Implement NSM-10 for National Security Systems (NSS)
4.3.3 Standardize, and support transition to, post-quantum cryptographic algorithms
Secure Our Clean Energy Future
4.4.1 Drive adoption of cyber secure-by-design principles by incorporating them into
Federal projects
4.4.2 Develop a plan to ensure the digital ecosystem can support and deliver the U.S.
Government’s decarbonization goals
4.4.3 Build and refine training, tools, and support for engineers and technicians using
cyber-informed engineering principles
Develop a National Strategy to Strengthen Our Cyber Workforce
4.6.1 Publish a National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy and track its
implementation
NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
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