The US's new cyber-security strategy aims to "rebalance the responsibility to protect the cyberspace" away from individuals and placed onto large corporations.
At the same time, the US government plans to accelerate efforts by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Defense Department to disrupt the activities of hackers and ransomware groups around the world.
The Biden administration also expressed their intent to work with Congress on legislation that would impose legal liability on software makers whose products fail to meet basic cyber-security safeguards, officials said.
For years, the US government has relied on companies voluntarily reporting intrusions in their systems and regularly patching their programs to fix newly discovered vulnerabilities.
The new National Cybersecurity Strategy concludes that this is not enough, and proposes requirements for companies to adhere to minimum cyber-security standards.
"This strategy will...