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Biden Restricts Outbound Technology Investments into China

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A recent executive order issued by President Biden aims to prohibit or oversee investments in certain sensitive technologies that could threaten the national security of the United States. The executive order, which was...more

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Key Takeaways from the US National Cybersecurity Strategy

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The White House recently released its much-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy (the Strategy), which highlights the Administration’s cybersecurity policy development over the past two years and outlines critical...more

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Biden Administration Releases Highly Anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy

On March 2, 2023, the Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy. The Strategy represents the latest push by the Administration to focus on cybersecurity concerns, following the release of Executive...more

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White House Pivots on Cyber: Voluntary Compliance Carrots Are Being Replaced By Big Regulatory Sticks

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The White House released the long-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy on March 2, 2023 setting out five (5) pillars articulating key themes and Administration priorities. Coming more than two years into the Biden...more

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OMB Renews Commitment to EO14028 by Requiring SSDF Compliance in Federal Software Acquisition

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On September 14, 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued much-anticipated guidance on the implementation of Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) requirements for contractors (The “Guidance Memo”)...more

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Biden Administration issues New Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive data

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On January 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14034, to further address the declared national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply...more

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Key takeaways from NIST’s cyber executive order workshop

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On June 2 and 3, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a workshop focused on the President’s recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Order) during which government...more

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White House Calls for Federal Reforms in Long-Anticipated Cybersecurity Executive Order

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President Biden's Executive Order calls for an extensive reassessment and revamping of the federal government's cybersecurity defenses and incident response capabilities, establishing benchmarks that may inform standards...more

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Biden Budget Targets Cybersecurity Improvements

As discussed in a post from earlier this week, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order on May 12, 2021 to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. The White House has put its proverbial money where its mouth is by...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

President Biden Calls for Significant National Cybersecurity Improvements

President Biden recently signed an executive order, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” signaling a significant increase in regulatory oversight of government contractors’ cybersecurity programs. This action came on the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Seeking HoNIST Opinions – NIST Invites Comments on Major Revision to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) is seeking comments on its draft NIST SP 800-161 Rev. 1, “Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations,” published on April 29, 2021....more

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Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued its much anticipated “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” Below are provisions we believe will be of most interest to contractors, as well as any company...more

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President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Focuses on IT and Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

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On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order (EO) to protect federal government networks and software supply chains against increasing threats of attacks from malicious cyber actors, setting the stage...more

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Cybersecurity for All: President Biden Issues Sweeping Cybersecurity Executive Order

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On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a comprehensive Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity that promises sweeping changes in federal contracts for information technology (IT), cloud services and...more

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President Biden Signs Executive Order Designed To Improve Federal Government Cybersecurity

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On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an ambitious and sweeping Executive Order focused on combating digital threats to US networks and infrastructure. The Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity...more

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Biden’s Cyber EO Aims to Improve Federal Security and Move Private Sector

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On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued the long-expected Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (“EO” or “Order”). The EO comes amidst a series of high-profile cyber-attacks on the Nation and its critical...more

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Disruptionware VI: Cyber-Attack against Colonial Pipeline Illustrates Continued Vulnerability of American Energy and...

Disruptionware attacks have become increasingly more common over the last few months. Just last month, I wrote about a dangerous disruptionware attack against a Florida Water Treatment Center that could have been a mass...more

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Biden Issues wide-ranging Buy American Executive Order – FAR rulemaking to come

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On 25 January 2021, President Biden issued his first Buy American Executive Order (EO), titled Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers, which is meant to implement the “Made in America” plan...more

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Executive Order On Securing The United States Bulk-Power System

Earlier this month, the May 1, 2020 Executive Order (EO) on Securing the U.S. Bulk-Power System (BPS) was issued, and we wanted to pass along the following comments/insights about such EO. We find that it is helpful first to...more

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New Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain May Impact M&A

On May 15, 2019, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Executive Order on Cybersecurity: Considerations for Business - A fuller picture emerges on how the Trump Administration’s first...

On May 11th, in the wake of a series of wide-ranging cyber breaches and attacks plaguing public and private sectors alike, President Trump signed a long-awaited Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity: No More Antiquated IT

On May 11, President Donald Trump issued his long-awaited Executive Order on cybersecurity, the ‘‘Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure.’’ It had been...more

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Trump Executive Order Addresses Executive Branch, Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

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President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order on May 11, 2017 aimed at “Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure” (the “Order”). The Order mandates federal governmental review of...more

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Trump’s Cybersecurity Executive Order: Has Anything Really Changed?

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Last week, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) designed to strengthen national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. The EO focuses on the modernization of the federal information technology (IT) network and...more

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Alert: The First Trump Cybersecurity Executive Order

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On May 11, 2017, less than four months after his inauguration, President Trump signed a long-anticipated Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure (hereinafter, the...more

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