In terms of cyber counterintelligence, the strategy sets one of its goals in combating foreign intelligence activities.
“Although an increasing number of countries and non-state actors have these capabilities, we are most concerned about Russia, the PRC [People’s Republic of China], Iran and North Korea. In addition, a growing number of commercial firms are flooding the market with high-quality cyber intrusion tools, expanding the pool of FIE [foreign intelligence entity] actors that can threaten our networks and people,” the document states.
Cyber operations of FIEs should be limited by building partnerships across various sectors, including federal, state and local governments, the private sector, academia, and international allies, to enhance information sharing and collaboration.
This also involves developing innovative tools and infrastructure to improve counterintelligence capabilities and conducting proactive, integrated operations to disrupt, degrade and deter FIE cyber threats, thereby increasing the cost and risk for these adversaries.
