Overview
- The compact strategy outlines six pillars, including shaping adversary behavior through U.S. offensive and defensive cyber capabilities and incentivizing private‑sector disruption of malicious networks.
- An executive order requires an interagency action plan to identify transnational criminal organizations behind scam centers and creates a dedicated operational cell within the National Coordination Center to help dismantle them.
- The Attorney General is directed to prioritize prosecutions of cyber‑enabled fraud and to recommend a Victims Restoration Program to return seized or forfeited funds to victims.
- The Secretary of State is instructed to press foreign governments and, if they fail to act, impose consequences such as sanctions, visa restrictions, foreign assistance limits, and expulsions for tolerating cybercriminal activity.
- Modernization priorities include zero‑trust architecture, post‑quantum cryptography, AI‑driven tools, and secure cloud adoption, with explicit support for securing cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as industry welcomes the focus even as critics fault the lack of detailed resourcing and milestones.