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Policy Patches: An Update on Software Security Regulation

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/15/2024

So far, 2024 has been another very busy year for U.S. cybersecurity regulation. Among the top priorities has been software security, as we previewed early this year. Companies that sell software to the federal government or...more

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Reveals Major Shifts in Federal Guidance

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/7/2024

On February 26, 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Cybersecurity Framework version 2.0 (CSF 2.0). CSF 2.0 is a generational update to NIST’s foundational cybersecurity guidance, which...more

President Biden’s Executive Order Sets Ambitious Agenda for AI Development and Use

WilmerHale on 11/13/2023

Our initial thoughts on the Biden Executive Order first appeared on WilmerHale’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog the day that the Executive Order was released. On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued its...more

The highly-anticipated US Executive Order on artificial intelligence: Setting the agenda for responsible AI innovation

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 11/13/2023

On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued the groundbreaking Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (Order), which sets in motion a comprehensive...more

Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Three - Secure Software Development Attestation...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/24/2023

Yesterday we continued our series... with the Office of Management and Budget’s September 2022 memorandum requiring federal agencies to only use software from software producers that attest compliance with secure software...more

How the Federal Government Supports and Hinders AI

Morgan Lewis on 1/9/2023

Beginning in 2019, the US federal government ramped up its involvement in, and regulation of, the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The federal government is grappling with how to incentivize AI innovation responsibly,...more

Software Developers With Federal Government Customers Must Provide Confirmation of NIST Standards

Baker Donelson on 9/27/2022

In mid-September, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memorandum requiring federal agencies to obtain attestation from software developers before running third-party software on government networks. Under...more

Continuing Effort to Protect National Security Data and Networks

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/17/2021

CMMC 2.0 – Simplification and Flexibility of DoD Cybersecurity Requirements - Evolving and increasing threats to U.S. defense data and national security networks have necessitated changes and refinements to U.S. regulatory...more

Seeking HoNIST Opinions, Part II – NIST Invites Comments on Major Revision to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices and...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/11/2021

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

Administration and Congressional Update on Artificial Intelligence in the U.S.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/30/2021

President Biden’s Discretionary Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2022 - On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted President Biden’s discretionary funding request (the “Request”) to Congress for...more

The New IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act Becomes Federal Law

Baker Donelson on 12/22/2020

Recognizing the importance of Internet of Thing (IoT) devices to the federal government, the President signed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act (the Act) into law on December 4, 2020. Manufacturers who build IoT devices...more

New Federal Law Alert: The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 – IoT Security for Federal...

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/10/2020

There is a new federal IoT law, H.R. 1668, the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, that recently passed the House and Senate and was signed by the President on December 4. ...more

IoT Security Reaches Center Stage in U.S.

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/24/2020

How is a refrigerator like a stoplight camera and a delivery drone? Each of these devices and hundreds of millions of others are part of the internet of things (IoT), meaning that manufacturers are building them with sensors...more

Senate Passes IoT Cybersecurity Bill by Unanimous Consent

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/19/2020

Last night, the Senate passed by unanimous consent H.R. 1668, the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act. The House had previously passed the bill by voice vote in September after lengthy negotiations with...more

White House Releases Proposed Guidance for the Regulation of AI

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 1/9/2020

On January 7, 2019, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a draft of a memorandum setting forth guidance to assist federal agencies in developing regulatory and non-regulatory approaches regarding...more

CISA Releases “Cyber Essentials” to Assist Small Businesses

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/13/2019

The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency recently released its Cyber Essentials guide. Consistent with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, these Cyber Essentials provide “a starting...more

Feds Want New IoT Guidance to Address Security Vulnerabilities

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/23/2019

“Internet of Things” devices are listening. And now the federal government is taking notice. As we reported in our Government Contracts and Investigations blog, to date, federal cybersecurity regulations for government...more

“Internet of Things” Guidance to be Added to Cybersecurity Requirements for Agencies and Federal Contractors

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/30/2019

In 2019, cybersecurity has become top-of-mind for most federal government contractors and agencies that share sensitive information. In addition to updated Department of Defense guidance and procedures for evaluating...more

DOD and Other Agencies Seek to Enhance Contractors’ Cyber and Supply Chain Security

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/20/2018

The Department of Defense (DOD) and its component services and agencies are taking several independent steps to assess and enhance their cyber and supply chain security that will directly or indirectly affect DOD contractors...more

Policymakers Focusing in on Artificial Intelligence

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/10/2018

Following a series of recent events involving policymakers from Trump’s Administration and Capitol Hill, artificial intelligence (AI) was the second hottest topic in D.C. These events, described in detail below, demonstrated...more

ALERT: NIST Issues Final Guidance on Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Standards for Controlled Unclassified Information

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/24/2015

On June 19, 2015, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the final version of guidance for federal agencies to ensure sensitive information remains confidential when stored outside of federal...more

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