Trump Administration Targets Cybercrime Through New Cyber Strategy

On March 6, 2026, the Trump administration released “President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America” (the “Cyber Strategy”), which outlines the administration’s approach to cyber policy.  The Cyber Strategy outlines six policy “Pillars of Action” that are intended to “guide action and resourcing through the follow-on policy vehicles.”  The six pillars are:

1. Shape Adversary Behavior – deploying defensive and offensive cyber operations to fend off adversaries in cyberspace
2. Promote Common Sense Regulation – streamlining regulations to reduce compliance burdens, address liability, and better align regulators and industry
3. Modernize and Secure Federal Government Networks – implementing “cybersecurity best practices, post-quantum cryptography, zero-trust architecture, and cloud transition” within federal systems
4. Secure Critical Infrastructure – identifying, prioritizing, and hardening critical infrastructure and supply chains (with a focus on moving away from “adversary” vendors and products
5. Sustain Superiority in Critical and Emerging Technologies – building secure technology tools and supply chains, including supporting the security of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies
6. Build Talent and Capacity – focusing on efforts to educate and train cybersecurity personnel

The administration stated that the Cyber Strategy is intentionally high level and that more detailed guidance will be provided in the future.

On the same day, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens” (the “Executive Order”) that targets foreign-based cybercrime and predatory schemes, and is intended to work together with the Cyber Strategy. 

The Executive Order directs certain federal agencies to work in consultation with the Office of the National Cyber Director to review the current “operational, technical, diplomatic, and regulatory frameworks” used to combat cybercrimes.  Within 120 days, the Executive Order requires the submission of an action plan that identifies the transnational criminal organizations responsible for scam centers and cybercrime, and proposes “solutions to prevent, disrupt, investigate, and dismantle” those organizations.  You can read more about the Executive Order and the potential for any updates to our current financial regulatory schemes here.