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Five updates on the Trump admin\u2019s cybersecurity agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/cybersecurity\/2026\/02\/five-updates-on-the-trump-admins-cybersecurity-agenda\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-04 17:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

A new national cybersecurity strategy, an update on landmark cyber incident-reporting rules and the development of a new artificial intelligence security collaboration group are all in the pipeline for the coming weeks and months.
\nTrump administration officials discussed a range of cyber policy updates at the Information Technology Industry Council\u2019s Intersect Summit in Washington on Tuesday.
\nSix-pillar national cyber strategy
\nWhite House National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross previewed a forthcoming national cybersecurity strategy, saying it would be out \u201csooner rather than later.\u201d Cairncross said the strategy will feature \u201csix pillars,\u201d including \u201cshaping adversary behavior.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s an important piece of this puzzle for us,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat I mean by that is, right now, in many facets of this equation, response to cyber crime, to things that seek to harm us in cyberspace, is very reactive in a lot of ways. We\u2019re looking for a strategic way to approach these different things \u2013 be it nation states, criminal nation-state gangs, criminal actors, scam centers, ransomware groups \u2013 in a way that strategically we can work to dent the incentive to engage in that behavior.\u201d]]><\/p>\n

Other pillars include \u201cthe regulatory environment and working with industry across different sectors to streamline that in a way that is productive, so that form follows function, rather than a compliance checklist,\u201d Cairncross continued.
\nThe four remaining pillars include securing and modernizing the federal government; securing critical infrastructure; maintaining dominance in emerging technologies; and mitigating the cyber skills and workforce gap, Cairncross explained.
\n\u201cIn each of those different pillars, we have various lines of effort, many of which are underway right now,\u201d he said. \u201cI only have so much time in this job, and any administration is time-limited. And so what we are concerned with, and what President Trump is always concerned with, is action and results. And so we are looking to put points on the board to make things work efficiently, effectively and with maximum impact in all these different priority areas.\u201d
\nCIRCIA update
\nNick Andersen, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency\u2019s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, also said CISA will soon release an update on the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act.
\n\u201cI think that we\u2019ll have some news on CIRCIA in pretty short order, in the next couple of weeks hopefully,\u201d Andersen told reporters after speaking at the summit.
\nCongress passed CIRCIA in 2022. The law requires organizations across the 16 designated critical infrastructure sectors to report cyber attacks to CISA within 72 hours.
\nBut the cyber agency must finalize the rules for CIRCIA before it goes into effect.]]><\/p>\n

In 2024, CISA released a proposed CIRCIA rule. At the time, the agency estimated the rule would apply to about 316,000 entities across the country.
\nBut industry has criticized the proposed rule for being overly broad. Industry groups and some lawmakers are also encouraging CISA to \u201charmonize\u201d the rule with many existing cyber incident reporting mandates.
\nThe CIRCIA regulations were supposed to be finalized in October 2025. But in a regulatory update last year, the Trump administration said it would delay the release of the final rule until May 2026.
\nHouse Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) and other Republicans would like to see CISA open an \u201cex parte\u201d process to address private-sector concerns about the 2024 proposed rule.
\nAI-ISAC in development
\nDuring his talk onstage at ITI\u2019s conference, Andersen also provided an update on the development of an AI Information Sharing and Analysis Center. The Trump administration\u2019s AI Action Plan called on the Department of Homeland Security to establish an AI-ISAC \u201cto promote the sharing of AI-security threat information and intelligence across U.S. critical infrastructure sectors.\u201d
\nAndersen said \u201cit is an ongoing policy dialog about the best approach\u201d to organizing the AI-ISAC.
\n\u201cWe just want to make sure we take the opportunity to get that relationship right,\u201d Andersen said. \u201cWhat we don\u2019t want to have happen is have government establish one group engaged in information sharing, have industry establish a separate, parallel group that\u2019s involved in information sharing.\u201d
\nISACs are typically sector-specific, nonprofit organizations that share information and best practices about cybersecurity issues across their respective member groups.
\n\u201cWe just want to make sure we\u2019ve got the right elements of, how do we pull together people and how do we take advantage of the leadership position that we can have early on as we continue to see tremendous investments in America\u2019s success and opportunities within the AI race,\u201d Andersen said. \u201cIn general, we want to make sure that that security conversation, that security community of interest we can build is going to be built in the right way.\u201d]]><\/p>\n

AI security policy framework
\nMeanwhile, Cairncross said the Office of the National Cyber Director is also working on an \u201cAI security policy framework.\u201d
\n\u201cOur goal is as we move forward, and the president is very forward-leaning on the innovation side of AI, we are working to ensure that security is not viewed as a friction point for innovation, but it is built into that system so that on a foundational level, it exists as this gets up and running and scales and is increasingly infused into daily life,\u201d Cairncross said.
\nCIPAC replacement coming soon?
\nDHS last year also disbanded the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC). It had provided authorities for government and industry groups to collaborate on security issues through various sector coordinating councils.
\nHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem previously said DHS would come out with a new and improved version of CIPAC. But nearly a year after its disestablishment, that has yet to happen. Cyber experts say the lack of the council\u2019s authorities has led to a drop-off in collaborative discussions about cyber issues between government and industry.
\nRecent news reports indicate DHS is close to unveiling a new version of the council, called the Alliance of National Councils for Homeland Operational Resilience (ANCHOR).
\nAndersen wouldn\u2019t comment on the timing for rolling out ANCHOR, but he explained why CISA and DHS were looking to revise the council\u2019s authorities and structure.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re trying to solve for a couple of problems,\u201d Andersen said. \u201cThe old CIPAC never made any explicit focus on cybersecurity. That just wasn\u2019t part of what was chartered back in the day when it was originally launched. Additionally, it didn\u2019t give us the opportunities for having focus groups to have conversations like undersea cables might be a good example. [Operational technology] systems might be a good example. OT had to nest itself under the IT Sector Coordinating Council in the past. There\u2019s real opportunities for us to improve opportunities for elements of the community that didn\u2019t necessarily have opportunities to engage in a substantive way in the past, really give them a voice in the process.\u201d
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