landscape. Through these efforts, DHS must be positioned to address our evolving needs and to adapt to evolving cyber threats. Objective 7.1: Integrate Department-wide cybersecurity policy development, strategy, and planning activities. Through PLCY, and in collaboration with the DHS Management Directorate and affected Components, we must establish internal mechanisms to ensure the development and execution of consistent cybersecurity policy and strategic plans. DHS must effectively collaborate across Components to promote and ensure consistent and integrated programs and activities. Sub-Objectives: a. Identify and expand internal coordination mechanisms to ensure consistent departmental approaches to cybersecurity policy development and strategy and to accomplish identified cybersecurity goals and objectives. b. Establish mechanisms to integrate and align cross-Component cyber activities. Outcomes: DHS will execute our cybersecurity mission responsibilities in a coordinated and integrated way. Objective 7.2: Prioritize and evaluate the effectiveness of DHS cybersecurity programs and activities. DHS must ensure that our cybersecurity programs and activities align to the goals and objectives set forth in this strategy. DHS must leverage management processes to evaluate programs and activities to assess their efficacy and to ensure that program funding, personnel, and other resources are optimized to meet departmental priorities. Sub-Objectives: a. Prioritize cyber related programming and activities across the Department in accordance with this strategy. b. Review and evaluate the effectiveness of DHS cyber programs and activities and alignment to budget, programmatic, and policy efforts. c. Identify and prioritize gaps, through the Department’s joint requirements process, across all the goals and objectives of this strategy. Outcomes: DHS cybersecurity programs effectively and efficiently address departmental goals and objectives. 26