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Joint Senate Committee Hearing on Cybersecurity: 3-Point Bulletin

by Cozen O'Connor on 3/8/2013

Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs held a hearing titled, “The Cybersecurity Partnership Between the Private Sector and...more

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

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

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by J. Daniel Skees, Stephen Spina | Morgan Lewis on 2/15/2013

Order will create a voluntary Cybersecurity Framework for designated critical infrastructure within a year. On February 12, President Barack Obama signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security...more

President Obama Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Seepan Parseghian, Timothy Toohey | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. 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

President Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Amy Malone | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 2/15/2013

“America must … face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks. Now, we know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private emails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our...more

Executive Order and Policy Directive Promotes Cybersecurity Cooperation and Intelligence Sharing

by Bob Scott | 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

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

President Issues an Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by Bill Cobb, Anna Trimble | Jackson Walker on 2/15/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama signed an ExecutiveOrder on cybersecurity designed to defend the nation's critical infrastructure. By passing Congress — which could not agree on a legislative proposal — the...more

Capital Thinking Update - February 11, 2013

by Jennifer Cetta, Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Karen Kudelko, Matthew Kulkin, Amy Budner Smith, Scott Thompson, Joseph Urso, Sarah Vilms, Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/14/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture & Food - Budget, Appropriations, and Sequestration - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more

President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Amy Mushahwar, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/14/2013

Last night, President Obama signed a long-anticipated Executive Order, "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity," which directs the federal government to share cyberthreat information with the owners of systems that...more

CYBERSECURITY CLIENT ALERT: White House Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order, New Presidential Directives for...

by Mary Beth Bosco, Amy Davenport, Norma Krayem | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/14/2013

The White House issued a long-awaited Executive Order (EO) “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” which directs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies to quickly advance efforts to...more

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Joint Senate Committee Hearing on Cybersecurity: 3-Point Bulletin

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

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

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

President Obama Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order

President Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

Executive Order and Policy Directive Promotes Cybersecurity Cooperation and Intelligence Sharing

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

President Issues an Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Capital Thinking Update - February 11, 2013

President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

CYBERSECURITY CLIENT ALERT: White House Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order, New Presidential Directives for...

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update: President Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

Legal Alert: New Regulation Under Cybersecurity Executive Order

Obama Issues Long Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order

The White House Issues An Executive Order On Cybersecurity

Too Important to Lose? Draft Executive Order on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Reaches New Industries

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

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