Summary
The version number will be updated for each subsequent publication of the FOCAL Plan. 1.0 • Publication of version 1.0 FEIT 03/01/2024 Public Version • Shorter, public version of plan FEIT 07/22/2024 Figure 1: Five FOCAL Priority Areas……………………………………………………………………………………………….….5 The Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) is comprised of agencies driven by unique missions. All have independently established networks and system architectures to advance their critical work on behalf of the American people. This independence has led to several outcomes that serve as a backdrop to the development of the FCEB Operational Cybersecurity Alignment (FOCAL) Plan. Agencies vary widely in how effective they are at managing cyber risk, which means there is no cohesive or consistent baseline security posture across all FCEB agencies. These diverse approaches were not designed to collectively address the dynamic nature of our current cyber threat environment, the complexity of our digital ecosystem, and the pace of technology modernization. As a result, despite concerted efforts to adapt and protect against cyberattacks, the FCEB Though risk is best managed at the lowest level possible, standardizing the essential components of enterprise operational cybersecurity across agency components and across the interagency is now more critical than ever.