CSC 2.0

America's cyber defenses are at a crossroads. CSC 2.0’s Annual Report by @jiwonma_92 & @MarkCMontgomery offers 82 policy recs across 6 critical pillars to strengthen national cyber resilience. Here’s what policymakers and security leaders need to know: fdd.org/analysis/2025/… 🧵

82 recommendations. 6 pillars. One message: Cyber resilience requires institutional strength, not just technical solutions. 📝Read the full report: fdd.org/analysis/2025/… 🔚

6️⃣ Preserve and employ military instruments of power U.S. cyber forces remain world-class but need modernization and resources to maintain advantage. Effective deterrence requires: ➡️ Speed of decision ➡️ Cross-domain integration ​​➡️ Sustained investment /6

America's cyber defenses are at a crossroads. CSC 2.0’s Annual Report by @jiwonma_92 & @MarkCMontgomery offers 82 policy recs across 6 critical pillars to strengthen national cyber resilience. Here’s what policymakers and security leaders need to know: fdd.org/analysis/2025/… 🧵

Progress is possible, but authorities without resources, coordination without enforcement, and partnerships without legal clarity won't hold against determined adversaries. 📝Read the full report here: fdd.org/analysis/2025/… 🔚

5️⃣Expand the talent pool and improve retention of the cyber workforce Implementing consistent skills-based hiring will be essential to stabilizing the cyber workforce and ensuring agencies have the expertise to defend the nation’s most critical systems. /5

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission helped lay the foundation for stronger U.S. cyber policy. Weak authorities and widening gaps threaten what we've built. Priorities to secure the next phase of America's cyber defense by @jiwonma_92 & @MarkCMontgomery:fdd.org/analysis/2025/… 🧵

U.S. cyber strategy today echoes the CSC’s strategy of layered cyber deterrence: shape adversaries’ behavior, block their gains, and make attacks on democracy too costly to risk. 📝Read CSC 2.0’s 2025 Annual Report on Implementation here: bit.ly/43trch9

"These things can't be disconnected from each other." @chairmang discusses the importance of joining the cyber world and conventional military in FDD and @CyberSolarium's panel "America’s Cyber Resiliency in 2025: Lessons from the Fifth CSC 2.0 Annual Assessment." Watch the full panel: bit.ly/3WY3Cp6

For the first time, implementation progress has reversed. Implementation doesn’t guarantee durability. Key reforms remain vulnerable to bureaucratic gridlock that stalls U.S. cyber progress. @MarkCMontgomery & @jiwon_ma92 break it down: bit.ly/4owltz8

CSC 2.0’s top 5 recommendations for Congress and the Trump administration mark the next phase in strengthening America’s cyber defense in the years ahead. 👀Read the full report here: bit.ly/49mXk9Q

📊 New 2025 Annual Report on Implementation: Of the commission’s 82 recommendations, about 70% are fully or nearly implemented — compared to nearly 80% in last year's report, explain @jiwonma_92 and @MarkCMontgomery: bit.ly/4hsQeTB