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Privacy Alert: NIST Updates Cybersecurity Framework to Address Supply Chain Security

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/20/2017

Last week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a measurement standards laboratory in the United States Department of Commerce, released draft version 1.1 of its Framework for Improving Critical...more

Presidential Commission Releases Cybersecurity Report And Recommendations

King & Spalding on 12/13/2016

On December 1, 2016, the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity issued its final report with a series of recommendations for the incoming administration on strengthening the country’s cybersecurity. As explained...more

U.S., China Announce Cybersecurity Agreement During Xi Jiping’s Visit

King & Spalding on 10/2/2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to the United States last week, and his itinerary included meetings with U.S. technology company leaders as well as President Barack Obama. Not surprisingly, his hosts...more

Congressional Action Supports Improvement of Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Beyond

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/3/2015

None of us in the United States – no family or individual, no industry or business, and no government agency – is immune from the potential devastation that cyber-attacks can wreak. No particular reminder is needed. Each day,...more

GAO Puts Cybersecurity and Privacy High Atop High Risk List

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/20/2015

Agency Assessment Comes as President Signs Executive Order Increasing Cyber Sharing with the Private Sector Late last year, this post speculated whether 2015 would become “the Year of Cybersecurity.” Though 2015 is still...more

White House Holds Cybersecurity Summit at Stanford University

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/19/2015

On Friday, February 13, 2015, President Obama delivered the keynote speech and signed an executive order on cybersecurity information sharing at the White House cybersecurity and privacy summit held at Stanford University. ...more

White House Creates New Federal Agency To Combat Cyber-Threats

King & Spalding on 2/18/2015

The White House, on February 10, 2015, announced the creation of a new federal agency, the Cyber Threat and Intelligence Integration Center (“CTIIC” or the “Center”), to combat cyber-threats by coordinating digital...more

Update on President Obama’s “Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection,” Part II: The Executive Order

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 2/18/2015

As a follow up to our summary of the key takeaways from the White House’s first Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection, the centerpiece of which was President Obama’s signing of a new Executive Order, “Promoting...more

Farewell, Federal Cybersecurity Incentives?

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/5/2015

Administration Takes Private Sector Incentives Off the Table, While Obama Calls for $14 Billion in FY 2016 Budget to Strengthen Government’s Cybersecurity Efforts The White House’s Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael...more

A New Kind of Architecture: The President’s New Agenda on Cybersecurity

Cozen O'Connor on 1/23/2015

If you watched President Obama’s State of the Union Address on January 20, you know that passing comprehensive cybersecurity legislation will be a central focus during his final two years in office. The President actually...more

New Cybersecurity Framework Revealed

Morgan Lewis on 4/18/2014

The framework provides standards and best practices for identifying, assessing, and managing cybersecurity risk. Now that the Obama administration has unveiled the final version of its anticipated Cybersecurity...more

Washington Focus – Post-Labor Day

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 9/12/2013

CYBERSECURITY - Cybersecurity continues to be a high priority for both Congress and the Administration in 2013. After President Obama issued Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, the...more

White House Issues Executive Order on CyberSecurity

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

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

Troutman Pepper 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

How to Respond to President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order

JD Supra Perspectives on 2/19/2013

How should business leaders respond to President Obama's executive order calling for a cybersecurity framework to protect the nation's critical infrastructure? Culled from law firm analysis on JD Supra, here's an answer to...more

President Obama Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity

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

President Obama Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order

Snell & Wilmer on 2/15/2013

As President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union speech to Congress on February 12, 2013, he simultaneously issued a highly anticipated Executive Order (“the Order”) focused on improving cybersecurity in the United...more

Executive Order and Policy Directive Promotes Cybersecurity Cooperation and Intelligence Sharing

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/15/2013

On February 12, 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order as well as a complementary Presidential Policy Directive intended to improve the flow of information and cyber-threat intelligence between government agencies...more

White House Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

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

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

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