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Trump memo sets \u2018aggressive\u2019 timelines to secure sensitive systems<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-15 18:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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A new memo aims to safeguard military, intelligence and classified systems from advanced security threats, amid concerns about AI-driven cyber attacks.<\/p>\n

Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED<\/p>\n

June 15, 2026 6:21 pm
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A new White House memo aims to strengthen the cybersecurity of sensitive government systems by centralizing oversight of those systems, while also setting aggressive deadlines for updating incident response procedures and other policies.
\nIn a national security presidential memorandum signed out Friday, President Donald Trump re-establishes and updates the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), a decades-old interagency body that sets security policies for military and intelligence systems, as well as systems that process classified information. It charges the committee with leading a policy aimed at fostering \u201ca proactive, adaptive, and resilient cybersecurity ecosystem for all NSS to better safeguard the nation against persistent cyber threats from sophisticated adversaries.\u201d
\nThe memo gives the committee the power to establish \u201cbaseline cybersecurity requirements\u201d for all national security systems. It formalizes the director of the National Security Agency\u2019s role as the \u201cnational manager\u201d for national security systems. That role involves identifying emerging threats and providing minimum security protections, including through emergency directives.
\nThe memo includes the federal chief information officer on the reconstituted CNSS body, along with the deputy national manager at the NSA and the CIOs at the Defense Department and the intelligence community, respectively.]]><\/p>\n

It also mandates that national security systems should meet or exceed the level of cybersecurity standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
\nHemant Baidwan, former chief information security officer at the Department of Homeland Security and the CISO at Knox Systems, said the updates too the CNNS membership and other aspects of the memo help streamline cybersecurity efforts across government, rather than reporting on national security systems through separate channels.
\n\u201cIt ties in a little bit more cleanly to the overall effort to modernize and focus on cloud strategy and budget decisions and accountability,\u201d Baidwan told Federal News Network.
\nThe directive also comes as the Trump administration responds to cybersecurity threats posed by advanced artificial intelligence systems. Earlier this month, Trump signed an AI security executive order. The EO directed the CNSS to take actions to prioritize the cyber defense of national security systems by July 2.
\nOn June 5, the White House also released NSPM-11, which aims to accelerate AI adoption across national security systems.
\nBob Ackerman, co-founder and managing partner at DataTribe and founder and chairman the Global Cyber Innovation Summit, cast the new memo in response to foreign adversaries\u2019 use of AI to speed up and scale cyber campaigns targeting sensitive U.S. systems.
\n\u201cAmerica has to double down on dynamic, AI\u2011driven approaches to cyber resilience, OT security, and secure software development that can stay ahead of fast\u2011moving, well\u2011resourced adversaries,\u201d Ackerman said in a statement. \u201cBy empowering the NSA as National Manager, reviving the Committee on National Security Systems, and anchoring NSS protections in advanced cybersecurity standards, the administration is creating the conditions for a new generation of cyber and AI companies to deliver truly secure, mission\u2011ready capabilities.\u201d]]><\/p>\n

The new memo includes \u201caggressive\u201d timelines for updating the approach to securing sensitive systems, Baidwan noted.
\nThey include 60 days for the CNSS to issue a roadmap for national security systems over the next year; 90 days to review and update policies; 90 days to provide guidance and requirements on the \u201csecure hosting\u201d of national security systems in cloud environments; 60 days to recommend new or modified incident reporting standards \u201cthat enable government-wide awareness of incidents impacting\u201d national security systems; and requirements for agencies to make an inventory of information systems available to the NSA.
\n\u201cAll of this gives a very clear signal that this is not just, take a look, read it and kind of go on a shelf somewhere for a year, but actions are needed and they\u2019re needed now,\u201d Baidwan said.
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