What comes next for Trump's cybersecurity plan?

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of President Trump's cybersecurity plan and features an interview with acting Federal CISO Mike Duffy about his priorities for 2026.

On this episode of Safe Mode, Greg Otto and Tim Starks look past the headline release of President Trump’s new cyber strategy and focus on what comes next: the promised follow-on guidance, the rollout of an interagency “cell” spanning DOJ, State, FBI, DoD and others that pairs cyber operations with diplomacy and arrests, and the state-by-state critical infrastructure pilot programs designed to test what actually works before scaling. In our interview segment, acting Federal CISO Mike Duffy lays out his priorities for 2026.

People in this episode

Hosts: Greg Otto, Tim Starks

Guest: Mike Duffy

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• Trump administration
• government strategy
• infrastructure
• diplomacy
• cyber operations

Keywords

• cyber strategy
• critical infrastructure
• interagency cell
• cyber operations
• diplomacy
• arrests
• guidance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOJ, State, FBI, DoD

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