The Biden administration’s cyber strategy “lacks milestones, performance measures, resources needed to carry out goals and objectives, and fully defined roles and responsibilities,” according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
In a report released by the House Oversight Committee ahead of an April 26 hearing with Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, the GAO poked holes in the White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, which was released on March 2. While the GAO acknowledged that “the strategy provides a good foundation for addressing the nation’s cyber risks and challenges,” it “does not address all of the desirable characteristics of national strategies.”
The GAO went on to say that while the cybersecurity strategy states there would be cooperation between the Office of the National Cyber Director, which is part of the Executive Office of the President, and federal agencies “to develop an implementation plan to articulate the lines of effort needed to execute this strategy,” the “overall progress in strengthening cybersecurity will remain limited.”…