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class=\"single-article__header-content\" readability=\"36.416666666667\">\n<p> Michael Duffy is centering conversations with cyber leaders on enterprise cyber defense, increasing operational resilience, and securing a modern U.S. government. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/fedscoop\/86872\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" 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The stage is illuminated in a deep blue light and he is visible via a livestream on two large screens that flank the stage.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=224,168 224w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=449,337 449w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-5.jpg?resize=1124,843 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption> Michael Duffy, acting federal chief information security, spoke during a fireside chat at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 9, 2025. He outlined his priorities for the CISO Council and previewed an upcoming tabletop exercise on readiness. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"42.970849464814\"><body readability=\"87.462686567164\"><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government\u2019s acting chief information security officer outlined his three priorities for federal cyber officials over the next year at a cybersecurity event in Washington on Tuesday, emphasizing the need for collaboration across the government. <\/p>\n<p>During a fireside chat at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, acting cyber chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.gov\/about\/members-and-leadership\/duffy-michael\/\">Michael Duffy<\/a> said focusing enterprise cyber defense, increasing operational resilience, and securing a modern U.S. government are the areas he\u2019s outlined as priorities for the next year in conversations with the federal cyber leaders on the CISO Council. <\/p>\n<p>He also previewed an upcoming tabletop exercise the CISO Council will be doing in the next month to address operational resilience. <\/p>\n<p>That exercise will be a \u201cfrank conversation\u201d among the CISOs about readiness and is intended to extend beyond just technology and to processes as well. For example, they\u2019ll assess whether agencies have the right people on call for an incident that needs interagency collaboration and if those leaders know what collaboration should look like if an incident occurs within the agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019ll help me better understand where we need to shape the policy perspectives \u2014 the changes in the mechanisms that we have as an interagency \u2014 for the foreseeable future,\u201d Duffy said of the exercise.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-priorities-breakdown\">Priorities breakdown<\/h3>\n<p>Duffy\u2019s priorities, when taken together, point to a desire for a whole-of-government approach to cybersecurity, ensuring that gaps aren\u2019t exploited by bad actors.<\/p>\n<p>On the enterprise cyber defense priority, specifically, Duffy described it as a matter of leaders thinking about things like vulnerability management, supply chain or incidence responses not just for their own agency, but across the enterprise as well. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can we take aspects of the enterprise cyber defense mission and identify the expectations of individual agencies to actually fit into that interagency ecosystem?\u201d Duffy said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That priority aligns directly with the second one on increased operational resilience, Duffy said. For that mission, he said it\u2019s incumbent upon agencies to act now rather than waiting for the next cyber crisis to shape the next 10 years. <\/p>\n<p>Much of the past decade was influenced by incidents, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/tag\/opm-breach\/\">2015 breach of sensitive data<\/a> at the Office of Personnel Management or the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/solarwinds\/\">2019 SolarWinds cyberattack<\/a> that impacted the public and private sectors, Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge right now is we can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s next. We have to start acting now,\u201d Duffy said. <\/p>\n<p>He emphasized interagency collaboration as a means to achieve that goal and said that cyber leaders must ensure they\u2019re harnessing all of the capabilities across government and sharing best practices. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdversaries don\u2019t see agency lines,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is why that enterprise approach is so important, because those gaps, those gray zones, between agencies, are exactly what adversaries are looking to take advantage of, and we\u2019ve seen that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Finally, on his third priority on securing a modern U.S. government, Duffy said the focus is how agencies are looking at data and how the American people interact with the government. Those topics, he said, are important as the government looks to use AI and implement post-quantum cryptography, among other areas.<\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t go into as much detail about that priority, Duffy pointed to previous work on that front in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.gov\/assets\/files\/Zero-Trust-Data-Security-Guide_Oct24-Final.pdf\">Federal Zero Trust Security Guide<\/a>, which was a collaboration between the federal CISO and CDO councils published in October 2024. <\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"6.1295336787565\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"19\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acting-federal-cyber-chief-outlines-his-three-priorities-for-the-next-year-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Madison Alder\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Madison Alder<\/h4>\n<p> Madison Alder is a reporter for FedScoop in Washington, D.C., covering government technology. 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