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WH / ONCDModerate activityReview recommended · 2026-07-10

White House / ONCD / OSTP

Sets national cyber and technology strategy, including the 2026 National Cyber Strategy for America, AI cybersecurity executive orders, and the 2025 AI Action Plan.

One-minute briefing

Agency snapshot

The White House released the National Cyber Strategy for America in March 2026, prioritizing AI-powered cyber defense, and followed with a June 2, 2026 executive order advancing AI innovation and security (directing agencies to harden systems, creating a voluntary AI cybersecurity clearinghouse and a classified frontier-model benchmarking process), building on the July 2025 AI Action Plan. These set the direction agencies translate into member-facing requirements. Confirm at whitehouse.gov.

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Priority topics
Most important thing right now

Track how the 2026 Cyber Strategy and AI executive order translate into CISA/NIST/FAR requirements members will need to meet.

Mandate & jurisdiction

What this agency does

White House strategy and executive orders drive the downstream agency rulemakings that ultimately bind members.

Strategy

Sets the direction agencies implement through rulemaking.

Executive orders

Directs agency action on cybersecurity and AI.

Coordination

ONCD/OSTP coordinate cross-agency cyber and tech policy.

Jurisdiction

  • National cyber strategy and policy direction
  • AI innovation and security executive orders
  • Technology policy coordination
Who should care

Policy, security leadership, and strategy teams.

Operational

Early signal for coming agency requirements.

Compliance

Anticipate downstream mandates.

Procurement

AI and security posture expectations.

Initiatives & deadlines

What they are working on now

MonitorEffectiveCyber incident and software assurance 2026-03-01

National Cyber Strategy for America (2026)

Released March 2026, the strategy prioritizes adoption of AI-powered cybersecurity tools to defend federal networks and promote innovation, building on the July 2025 AI Action Plan.

MonitorEffectiveAI infrastructure 2026-06-02

Executive order on AI innovation and security (June 2026)

Signed June 2, 2026, the order directs agencies to harden information systems, establishes a voluntary AI cybersecurity clearinghouse for vulnerability remediation, and creates a classified benchmarking process to identify covered frontier models for federal collaboration.

UpcomingPendingExport controls and tariffs 2026-09-24

Xi Jinping state visit, September 24 (adjacent trade clock): decision point for the November clocks

Adjacent trade clock, not counted in the supply-chain total. State visit confirmed for September 24, 2026 (Trump announcement July 23; Beijing confirmation May 16). Three clocks ride on the outcome: BIS Affiliates Rule reimposition November 10; the November 10 expiration of China's suspension of its October 2025 export-control package, with a second deadline November 27 for gallium, germanium, antimony, superhard dual-use materials and graphite (the prohibition on exports for U.S. military end use was never suspended); and Section 301 exclusions extended through November 2026 under the Busan truce. Critical minerals are on the U.S. agenda after some Chinese suppliers declined U.S. shipments despite holding valid export licenses.

Key decision-makers

Leadership to know

We focus on the roles whose decisions reach members, and why each one matters — not biographical trivia. Names are intentionally withheld until verified against an official source.

Sean Cairncross
National Cyber Director

Why it mattersLeads ONCD and national cyber strategy implementation; confirmed August 2025.

Review recommended
Working Group analysis

What we are watching

Confidence: DevelopingActive situation; details are still shifting.

What changed

  • 2026 National Cyber Strategy issued; June 2, 2026 AI security executive order signed.

What we are watching

  • How directives translate into binding agency rules.

Member exposure

  • Downstream cyber/AI requirements.

Recommended preparation

  • Monitor agency implementation; brief leadership on trajectory.

Open questions

  • Which directives become enforceable mandates and when?
Primary references

Sources & verification

Agency-level sources

This profile is a sample interface. Leadership names, dates, regulatory status, and figures must be confirmed against current official sources before any member distribution.