Critical Infrastructure Sectors, DHS

White House Issues Executive Order on CyberSecurity

by Timothy Blank, Kate Ericsson, Vernon Francis, Vivian Maese | Dechert LLP on 3/1/2013

The Obama Administration has long expressed concerns about the vulnerability of America’s critical infrastructure to cyber-attack. On February 12, 2012, the day of the President’s State of the Union address, the...more

What The Cybersecurity Executive Order Means For The Rest Of Us

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 2/26/2013

If you are the CEO of Google, Facebook, Verizon, Comcast, Exxon or Boeing, don’t read this. You have a team of lawyers working for you who have already spent hours analyzing President Obama’s Cybersecurity executive order...more

What You Should Be Doing Now to Prepare for Implementation of the Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Gerald Ferguson, Theodore Kobus III | BakerHostetler on 2/25/2013

A tempting response to the Cybersecurity Executive Order (the "Order"), announced by President Obama at his State of the Union address, is to ignore it. It is vague in key particulars, such as which companies are part of the...more

Executive Order Begins Process Of Strengthening Nation’s Cybersecurity And Critical Infrastructure

by Sharon Klein, Jeffrey Vagle | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/22/2013

During his State of the Union address on February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama announced his signing of a long-anticipated Executive Order on cybersecurity. After months of discussions with technology companies the...more

New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors

by Eric Aaserud | Perkins Coie on 2/22/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order (the Order) intended to enhance the cybersecurity of the country's critical infrastructure. According to the Order, "[t]he cyber threat to critical...more

Utilities Sector To Be a Focus of Executive Order Directing Development of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework

by Joshua Belcher, Michael Klein, Ahren Tryon | Cozen O'Connor on 2/20/2013

Little more than a week after reports of cyber attacks targeted at the Department of Energy, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, President Obama declared in his State of the Union address that these forms of...more

President Obama Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by King & Spalding on 2/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued a long-anticipated Executive Order concerning cybersecurity entitled Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The Executive Order marks a major milestone in the Federal...more

Summary of Executive Order On Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 2/18/2013

Overview - Identification of Critical Infrastructure. Not later than July 12, 2013, the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to identify critical infrastructure where a cybersecurity incident could result in...more

Addressing the Cyber Threat: Cybersecurity Executive Order Issued and CISPA Introduced

by Mark Melodia, Timothy Nagle | Reed Smith on 2/15/2013

The long-awaited executive order entitled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” was issued on Tuesday, along with a companion Presidential Policy Directive and mention by the President in the State of the Union...more

Where Does the Cybersecurity Executive Order Hit and Miss the Mark? [Video]

by LXBN on 2/15/2013

Immediately following the failure of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, we had Steptoe & Johnson’s Stewart Baker join us on LXBN TV. Baker, formerly General Counsel for the National Security Agency and the first Assistant...more

White House Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Christopher DeLacy, Jason Klitenic, Joel Edward Roberson | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/15/2013

The long-awaited cybersecurity executive order (EO), which will ultimately establish national cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure, was issued by President Obama on February 12, 2013. At the same time, the...more

President Obama’s Cybersecurity Executive Order and What it Means For Your Organization

by Elizabeth Johnson, Lynn Percival | Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/15/2013

On February 12, President Obama signed a much-anticipated cybersecurity executive order intended to “enhance the security and resilience” of U.S. critical infrastructure. The executive order is very similar to a draft leaked...more

Senate Moving Towards Vote on Cybersecurity Legislation By J.C. Boggs and Lauren M. Donoghue

by King & Spalding on 7/10/2012

Legislation to address the issue of protecting the nation’s critical networks from attack will be on the agenda when Congress returns from the 4th of July recess. Senators have been divided between two versions of...more

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White House Issues Executive Order on CyberSecurity

What The Cybersecurity Executive Order Means For The Rest Of Us

What You Should Be Doing Now to Prepare for Implementation of the Cybersecurity Executive Order

Executive Order Begins Process Of Strengthening Nation’s Cybersecurity And Critical Infrastructure

New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors

Utilities Sector To Be a Focus of Executive Order Directing Development of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework

President Obama Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Summary of Executive Order On Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Addressing the Cyber Threat: Cybersecurity Executive Order Issued and CISPA Introduced

Where Does the Cybersecurity Executive Order Hit and Miss the Mark? [Video]

White House Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

President Obama’s Cybersecurity Executive Order and What it Means For Your Organization

Senate Moving Towards Vote on Cybersecurity Legislation By J.C. Boggs and Lauren M. Donoghue

Where Does the Cybersecurity Executive Order Hit and Miss the Mark? [Video]

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