Following years of personnel and readiness concerns, the U.S. Navy unveiled its eagerly anticipated cyber strategy on Tuesday as the service seeks to restructure its operations in the digital sphere.

The strategy is a more comprehensive version of the Navy Cyberspace Superiority Vision published last year in two pages. The document was supposed to be shared earlier this year, but it wasn’t until the Defence Department published its most recent cyber strategy.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro stated, “We are focused on aggressively enhancing our cyber enterprise while fostering cooperation and collaboration with our partners and allies.”

The chief information officer and principal cyber advisor of the Navy created the strategy, which includes seven different avenues of work aimed at strengthening the service’s cyber posture.

The document identifies the following areas: protecting enterprise IT, data, and networks; collaborating to secure the vast defence industrial base; conducting and facilitating cyber operations; enhancing and supporting the cyber workforce; and fostering cooperation and collaboration.

“Our strategy reaffirms our commitment to warfighting excellence within cyberspace,” said Chris Cleary, the top cyber advisor for the service heading into retirement. “We are prioritising the defence of our cyber enterprise and data while conducting and facilitating cyber operations across the globe.”

In an interview with Recorded Future News earlier this year, Cleary acknowledged that the Navy had lagged behind the other branches of the military services regarding cybersecurity. As a result, the Navy has been compelled to reroute some of its contributions to the nation’s digital defences and various legislative recommendations from Capitol Hill.

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