A congressionally mandated commission plans to issue its recommendations for protecting the U.S. against cyberattacks early next year. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission — made up of bipartisan members of Congress, former government officials, and industry representatives — is working toward formulating a comprehensive, strategic approach.
The commission was created by the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act and was named after Eisenhower’s 1953 Solarium Project, which was tasked with developing a strategy to defend the U.S. against threats from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The commission’s co-chairs, Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), wrote an op-ed for Lawfare in which they laid out the group’s goals, which include defining the roles of the public and private sectors in securing U.S. information and critical infrastructure, how the Department of Defense should respond to cyberattacks by foreign nations, and how to promote “norms” of activity in cyberspace.
