On September 18, the Department of Defense ("DoD") released the "2018 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy," which supersedes the 2015 DoD Cyber Strategy. The Strategy focuses on securing sensitive information and accelerating cyber capabilities for countering malicious cyber actors. The DoD plans to build partnerships with private-sector entities to support the Department's cybersecurity activities and reduce malicious cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure.

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