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America Just Changed the Rules of Cyber War
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- Apr 21, 2026
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Summary
If you're waiting for the executive orders to act, you're already behind. The U.S. has just released a new national cyber strategy. The core message is clear: stop waiting to be hit, and start making it costly to try. In this episode of Threat Talks , Caitlin Clarke, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Services at Venable and former Special Assistant to the President for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technology, join Lieuwe Jan Koning, Co-founder & CTO at ON2IT Cybersecurity to break down what the strategy actually says, and what it means for your organization. The direction is clear. The details are still coming. But the clock is already running. This episode helps you stay ahead with three clear pillars of the strategy: Pillar 1: Shaping adversary behavior – making it harder, costly and risky to target US and allied interests. Pillar 2: Regulatory simplification – deregulation, or simply harmonizing cyber incident reporting requirements Pillar 4: Securing critical infrastructure – your stack may already contain foreign technology that can be labelled as ‘adversarial’ Spoiler alert: if you haven't started your Zero Trust and post-quantum cryptography roadmaps yet, the new strategy has a message for you too. Timestamps 00:00 – America's New Cyber Strategy: First Impressions 01:28 – What the US National Cyber Strategy Is Really Saying 02:52 – Pillar 1: Shaping Adversary Behavior and Cyber Deterrence 10:28 – Pillar 4: Securing Critical Infrastructure and Adversary Technology 18:07 – Pillar 2: Harmonizing Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements 22:17 – What CISOs Should Do Now: Supply Chain, Zero Trust and Post-Quantum Cryptography 27:11 – Wrap up Key Topics Covered What the US national cyber strategy means for security leaders How cyber deterrence is shifting beyond pure d…