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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

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

NIST Seeking Comments on Revised Standards for FISMA Compliance

by Michael Baader, Keir Bancroft, Jamie Barnett, Andrew Bigart, Amanda C. Blunt, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Raymond Shepherd, Robert Smith, Jason Wool | Venable LLP on 2/22/2013

On February 6, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requested public comment on its latest revised draft of “Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations,”...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

President Obama Issues New Executive Order on Improving Cybersecurity

by Adam Chernichaw, Daren M. Orzechowski, Mariam Subjally | White & Case LLP on 2/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order for "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity" (the "Executive Order"). The Executive Order seeks to promote information sharing between the government...more

Executive Order Opens Consultative Processes to Draft Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure

by Venable LLP on 2/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order aimed at enhancing the security of U.S. critical infrastructure by establishing a voluntary program for the adoption of cybersecurity standards to protect...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

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