Cybersecurity, Barack Obama, National Security

U.S. Business Groups Urge Obama Administration To Address Chinese Cybersecurity Rules

King & Spalding on 8/20/2015

On August 11, 2015, a group of 19 U.S. business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the US-China Business Council, sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to push China to change its cybersecurity...more

New Executive Order Allows for Sanctions Related to Cybersecurity

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/24/2015

On April 1, 2015, President Obama issued a groundbreaking Executive Order (E.O.) enabling the United States to sanction persons that have (1) participated in malicious cyber-enabled activities constituting a “significant...more

Cybersecurity Update: U.S. Sanctions on the Horizon for Malicious Cyber-Attackers

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/22/2015

Executive Order 13694 is the Obama Administration’s latest tool to combat cybersecurity threats. On April 1, 2015, President Obama declared a national emergency to address the “increasing prevalence and severity of malicious...more

United States Goes on the Offensive Against International Cybercrime - 2015 Cybersecurity Executive Order

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/14/2015

On April 1, President Obama signed an Executive Order to combat the "national emergency" sparked by a rapidly evolving global cybercrime environment. The Executive Order directs the U.S. Treasury Department to impose...more

New Executive Order Authorizes Economic Sanctions to Combat Malicious Cyber Activity

King & Spalding on 4/10/2015

Calling cyber threats “one of the most serious economic and national security challenges to the United States” and declaring a national emergency relating to those threats, on April 1, 2015, President Obama issued an...more

President Obama Signs Executive Order Authorizing Sanctions In Response To Malicious Cyber Activity

King & Spalding on 4/8/2015

On April 1, 2015, President Obama signed an executive order authorizing the first sanctions program to combat malicious cyber activity. The order permits the U.S. Department of the Treasury to freeze the assets of...more

Obama Executive Order Targets International Cyberattacks Against U.S. with New Sanctions

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/8/2015

As part of a series of measures aimed at increasing preparedness and defenses against international cyberattacks on U.S. industries and government agencies, on April 1, President Obama issued Executive Order No. 13694,...more

Now's the Time to Review Your OFAC Compliance Program

Foley Hoag LLP on 4/8/2015

Obama Executive Order Targets International Cyberattacks Against U.S. with New Sanctions - New Sanctions Are Part of U.S. Escalation of Efforts to Bolster Cyber-Security: As part of a series of measures aimed at...more

Obama Administration Recognizes Cyber Threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure as a National Emergency

BakerHostetler on 4/8/2015

Many cybersecurity experts have warned that the United States is already engaged in covert cyber warfare against hostile actors around the world. The latest cybersecurity Executive Order reflects formal recognition that,...more

Executive Order Blocks Property of Those Engaging in Malicious Cyber Activities

Morgan Lewis on 4/7/2015

The executive order enables US government agencies to block the assets of any foreign person determined to have engaged in malicious cyber-enabled activities....more

U.S. Authorizes Targeted Sanctions Against Overseas Cyber Threats

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/6/2015

Cyber threats are one of the U.S.’s top security threats. In just the past year, there has been a significant increase in the frequency, scale and sophistication of cyber intrusions and attacks – many of them originating...more

The First Law of International Dynamics: Sanctions May Be Transformed But Never Created or Destroyed

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/16/2015

U.S. economic sanctions, by their nature, often change without warning. Since sanctions reflect U.S. foreign and national security policy, they must evolve rapidly with world events. Often, it seems that when one door is...more

U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

Troutman Pepper on 3/15/2013

No longer cut from the cloth of 007’s expensive suits, fast cars or well-mixed drinks, present-day espionage is carried out, to a great extent, through computer screens, proxy servers and spoofed e-mail addresses. Dubbed...more

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