The U.S. Cyber Command has issued a new strategy that seeks to help the command achieve and maintain superiority in the cyber space domain, the Lawfare blog reported Friday.

Cybercom’s “Command Vision” supports the National Defense Strategy unveiled by the Defense Department in January and aims to counter cyber threats posed by adversaries.

The document details five imperatives that Cybercom needs to implement in order to maintain its competitive edge in cyber space and one of those is to explore emerging technologies to ensure overmatch of adversary capabilities.

The other four imperatives call for the command to build up cyber advantages to improve operations across all domains; develop information advantages to back operational outcomes by enhancing information warfare options; facilitate agility and speed for cyber operations in investments and policy guidance; and expand partnerships with the private sector, other agencies and allies.

The guidance mentions diplomatic risk and the use of a “high-demand, low-density maneuver force” as the two primary risks.

The command will work to mitigate these risks through efforts that seek to boost the resiliency of DoD platforms against threats and collaboration with allies and coalition partners.

The document cites the Functional Campaign Plan for Cyberspace operations and the plan’s role in the implementation of the command’s vision.

Congress has asked Defense Secretary James Mattis to submit two reports that would explain the Defense Department’s decision to pursue a single-award contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud program and offer a justification for the program’s contract duration, cost and format, C4ISRNET reported Thursday.

Lawmakers stated their request through an omnibus spending bill recently passed by Congress.

“There are concerns about the proposed duration of a single contract, questions about the best value for the taxpayer and how to ensure the highest security is maintained,” according to the spending package’s draft.

Congressional concerns over the cloud program came weeks after DoD released a draft solicitation for the potential 10-year JEDI Cloud contract.

Both chambers of Congress passed legislation that would establish a legal framework governing law enforcement access to overseas data.

Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, or the CLOUD Act, would address foreign governments’ need to investigate crimes in their own territories.

The CLOUD Act was approved Friday as part of a $1.3 trillion omnibus funding bill for fiscal year 2018.

Smith added that the CLOUD Act is also intended to help technology companies uphold the privacy rights of their international customers.

The bill includes a provision that would prevent governments from requiring U.S. companies to “create backdoors” around encrypted data.

Smith noted that the U.S. government needs to establish new international agreements with other countries once the bill is signed into law.