This week, the White House unveiled its National Security Strategy, which is designed to promote American safety, prosperity and leadership. The strategy sets a clear national direction: strengthening our economic foundations, securing the country’s critical infrastructure, rebuilding resilient supply chains, and enhancing American readiness across mission areas from border security to energy resilience.

It should be clear to all that two technologies firmly embedded in the U.S. technology sector are at the forefront of the innovation necessary to achieve the strategy’s goals. Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity will shape our progress in order to deliver on the goals outlined in the strategy. In our work at GDIT, we have seen that across sectors, agencies and teams, mission owners are already deploying advanced cyber capabilities and AI-driven solutions that reinforce the strategy’s goals and help build a more resilient nation. With a focus on AI and cyber innovation, and other emerging technologies including quantum and next generation secure wireless communications, the strategy presents greater opportunities for the technology community to lean forward and bring more advanced solutions to the mission.

Here are five areas where today’s work portends tremendous acceleration of mission delivery in the future:

Securing Supply Chains

AI is securing supply chains and strengthening industrial capacity by enabling agencies to authenticate components at scale. This means they can detect illicit shipments through global logistics analytics, identify disruptions before they occur with predictive risk modeling, and monitor industrial systems in real-time for signs of tampering or compromise. These capabilities support the strategy’s emphasis on reindustrialization, secure access to critical materials, and protection from foreign leverage.

Protecting Critical Infrastructure

The strategy emphasizes achieving cyber domain supremacy, which is the ability to deter and degrade any attempts to deny the innovation and operations of U.S. critical infrastructure and economic security efforts. Today’s AI-enabled cybersecurity supports this objective by helping operators detect ransomware and disruptive campaigns early, continuously monitor operational technology across energy grids, pipelines and water systems, and automatically contain malicious activity before essential services are impacted.

Protecting the Homeland and Enhancing Safety

Border and homeland security missions are also strengthened through AI. Operators now use cross-border analytics to detect illicit movements of drugs, weapons, and precursor chemicals. AI-enhanced screening systems identify anomalies in cargo and vehicles, while fusion center analytics connect digital indicators across federal and state systems to expose complex criminal and cartel activity. These capabilities reinforce our national security and enhance safety across communities from coast to coast.

Driving Stability Among Regional Partners

Support for Western Hemisphere stability is enhanced through secure, American-built technologies that help agencies and regional partners modernize infrastructure, deploy resilient cloud and network environments, secure energy and mineral assets, and reduce dependence on adversarial technology. These efforts also protect supply chains fundamental to U.S. prosperity.

Unifying our National Cyber Posture

The strategy calls for a unified national cyber posture. AI-enabled platforms now allow agencies to share cyber threats in near real time, identify nationwide attack patterns, and synchronize protective measures across supply chains and infrastructure sectors. This alignment strengthens deterrence and national resilience.

Overall, the strategy establishes AI, cybersecurity innovation and cyber domain supremacy as foundational to America’s economic vitality and national security. By modernizing digital infrastructure, strengthening the nation’s readiness across mission areas agencies and their partners are helping to build a more resilient and secure tomorrow.