Remarks as Prepared Good afternoon. It’s an honor to be here today. I’d like to begin by thanking those who made today possible. First, thank you to DHS for inviting me to join you. I applaud Secretary Mayorkas and the whole DHS team for convening such a distinguished group of leaders to focus on cybersecurity…
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Fact Sheet: Office of the National Cyber Director Requests Public Comment on Open-Source Software Security and Memory Safe Programming Languages
Request for Information Today, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is announcing a Request For Information (RFI) on open source software…
Video: ONCD Leaders Call for a Memory Safe Future
Read the full report here Watch National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. and Assistant National Cyber Director for Technology Security Anjana Rajan discuss a new report entitled “Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software.” The report builds upon the President’s National Cybersecurity Strategy in describing the urgent need to address…
ONCD Welcomes Mr. Harry Coker, Jr. as Next National Cyber Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2023 Earlier today, the United States Senate confirmed Mr. Harry Coker, Jr. as National Cyber Director in the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. Once sworn in, Mr. Coker will be the second National Cyber Director in the Office, which was established in 2021 as part of the National…
Remarks: National Cyber Director Coker Remarks for Conference of Mayors
Kansas City, MO June 22, 2024 Remarks As Prepared for Delivery Good morning. It is great to be with you here in Kansas City, Missouri. I hail from across the border in the great state of Kansas, so I’m really pleased to be so close to home, as Kansans say, “there’s no place like home.”…
Office of Management and Budget Releases Draft Memorandum for Modernizing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
OMB is requesting public comment on a new draft memorandum to strengthen and enhance the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Historically, the Federal Government has spent significant resources on physical data centers, missing out on the flexibility, security and performance of commercial cloud infrastructure. In 2011, OMB created FedRAMP to address these issues,…
Fact Sheet: 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United States
May 7, 2024 Read the full report here Today, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released the 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United States. This first-of-its-kind report provides important updates on how the nation is addressing the challenges and opportunities we face in cyberspace. Over the past year, U.S. national…
Readout: Office of the National Cyber Director Convenes Professors & Think Tank Experts at a Legal Symposium on Software Liability
ONCD Aims to Incentivize Secure Coding Practices to Protect All Software Users March 27, 2024 Today, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) hosted law professors and think tank experts at the White House for A Legal Symposium on Software Liability. The Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) supports the development of a software liability…
Readout: Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden’s Travel to California
From April 24-28, Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden traveled to California. During this trip, Acting Director Walden emphasized how the National Cybersecurity Strategy sets the agenda for the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), including the development of an interagency National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) implementation plan; the forthcoming National Cyber Workforce and Education…
Remarks: National Cyber Director Coker Remarks at the Information Technology Industry Council Intersect Tech Policy Summit
Washington, DC February 7, 2024 Remarks As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Jason, for that introduction. I’m excited to join you all this afternoon to kick off this event. I had my left knee replaced two weeks ago so I may not be able to kick as hard as before. And I still can’t get…