National Cyber Security Organisation: United States

This publication about the national cyber security organisational setup in the United States of America is part of a series which assembles a comprehensive overview of existing national organisational models for ensuring cyber security as a part of national security in NATO Nations.
The study outlines the division of cyber security tasks and responsibilities between different agencies, describes their mandate, tasks and competence, as well as coordination among them. In particular, the study describes the mandates of political and strategic management; operational cyber security capabilities and cyber incident management; military cyber defence; and cyber aspects of crisis prevention and crisis management. It also offers a summary of the national information society setting and e-government initiatives as well as the national cyber security strategy objectives in order to clarify the context for the organisational approach in a particular nation.

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