Introduction Activity 0.1: Description of United States interestsActivity 0.2: Departments and agencies roles and responsibilities Line of Effort One: Facilitate Domestic 5G Rollout Activity 1.1:Research, Development, & Training to reach and maintain United States leadership in 5Gand beyondActivity 1.2: Identify incentives and options to leverage trusted international and domestic partnersuppliers Line of Effort Two: Assess Risks to and Identify Core Security Principles of 5G Infrastructure Activity 2.1: Risk evaluation of domestic and international suppliersActivity 2.2:Assess threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to 5G InfrastructureActivity 2.3:Identify security gaps and threats to United Statesand strategic partners’ supply chainsActivity 2.4:Assessment of global competitiveness and (economic) vulnerabilities of United Statesmanufacturers / suppliersActivity 2.5:Identify/develop/apply security principles for 5G infrastructure in the United States Line of Effort Three: Address Risks to United States Economic and National Security duringDevelopment and Deployment of 5G Infrastructure Worldwide Activity 3.1:Identify incentives and policies to close security gapsActivity 3.2: Identify incentives and policies to ensure United States industrial base economic viabilityActivity 3.3:Address the risk of ‘High-Risk’vendors in United States 5G infrastructure (forwardlooking)Activity 3.4:Private sector engagement on 5G securityActivity 3.5:Establish acquisition processes to facilitate 5G infrastructure for classified informationrequirements. Line of Effort Four: Promote Responsible Global Development and Deployment of 5G Activity 4.1:Diplomatic Engagement for Risk Mitigation, Standards, and Security PrinciplesActivity 4.2:Provide Technical Assistance to International PartnersActivity 4.3: Options for mitigating security risk from untrusted equipment in international partnerssystemsActivity 4.4: Promote United States leadership in international standards development for 5G, includingthrough private sector and international engagementActivity 4.5: Joint testing environments with international partnersActivity 4.6: Policies and strategies for global market competitiveness and diversity of secure 5Ginfrastructure Annexes A.Plan for Research, Development, & TestingB.Plan for Diplomatic EngagementC.Plan for Technical Assistance to International PartnersD.Plan to Promote United States Leadership in International Standards Development for 5GE.Strategic Framework for Global Market Competitiveness and Diversity of Secure 5GInfrastructureF.Summary of Potential Legislative Requirements Appendices 1.Information And Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)Task Force (TF) Threat Evaluation Working Group: Threat Scenarios, CISA, February 20202.CISA 5G RDT&E Efforts Infographic, CISA, May 20203.Overview Of Risks Introduced By 5G Adoption In The United States, CISA, July 31, 20194.Executive Order 13873 Response - Methodology For Assessing The Most Critical Information AndCommunications Technologies And Services, CISA, April 20205.Summary of Responses to the NTIA Secure 5G Request for Comment, NationalTelecommunications and Information Administration, July 27, 2019 Executive Summary As stated by President Trump in the March 2020 National Strategy to Secure 5G, “Fifth generationwireless technology, or 5G, will be a primarydriver of our Nation’s prosperity and security in the 21stcentury”. The National Strategy to Secure 5G details how the United States along with like-mindedcountries will lead global development, deployment, and management of secure and reliable 5Ginfrastructure. The work to enhance the security of 5G networks will require a range of efforts fromacross the United States Government, working in close collaboration with our international and industrypartners. The United States Government is committed to fostering innovation and realizing thetechnological promise of 5G, while continuing to safeguard our economy and national security andensuring continued access to 5G networks, with lawful authorization, for critical government functions. In accordance with the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020, the Executive Branch has developed acomprehensive implementation plan. This implementation will be managed under the leadership of theNational Security Council and the National Economic Council, supported by the NationalTelecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and with contributions from andcoordination among a wide range of departments and agencies. The implementation plan took intoaccount the 69 substantive comments in responseto NTIA’s Request for Comments received fromcompanies, industry associations, and think tanks representing a range of interests and aspects of thetelecommunications ecosystem. Consistent with the National Strategy to Secure 5G, the implementationplan encompasses four lines of effort, which are detailed below. Line of Effort One: Facilitate Domestic 5G