National cyber strategy coming ‘as quickly as possible,’ official says

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross (L) speaks to Mandiant Founder and Ballistic Ventures General Partner Kevin Mandia and Aspen Digital Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs Sasha O'Connell at the Aspen Cyber Summit on Nov. 18. David DiMolfetta/Staff

The Trump administration’s national cybersecurity strategy is expected to be shorter than the Biden administration’s sweeping version released in 2023, and will focus more on ensuring that cyber adversaries’ behavior does not occur without ample U.S. responses, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Tuesday.

The strategy is coming “as quickly as possible,” he told an audience at the Aspen Institute’s Cyber Summit in Washington, D.C., though he did not give an exact timeframe for its release.

“It’s going to be a short statement of intent and policy, and then it will be paired very quickly with action items and deliverables under that,” he said. “As ...