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New Cybersecurity Executive Order Revises Specific Federal Policies While Retaining Core Security Principles

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On June 6, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a new Executive Order, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144 (the EO) that contains...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Don’t Get Caught in Scattered Spider’s Web

The cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is at it again, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. This criminal group is known to focus its cyber attacks on one sector at a time. Last spring, it was the retail...more

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New AI, New Risks: Inside GenAI’s Cybersecurity Dilemma

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Generative artificial intelligence, once the subject of experimental labs and speculative fiction, is now a central force in digital transformation, and cybersecurity professionals are finding themselves on unfamiliar ground....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Trump Reverses Key Directives of Biden Cyber Executive Order, Maintains Others

During his last few days in office, on January 16, 2025, President Biden issued Executive Order 14144, "Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation's Cybersecurity" (EO 14144). Building heavily on the May 2021...more

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Trump White House issues executive order on cybersecurity

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While the Order preserves significant portions of President Biden’s most recent cyber executive order—including provisions aimed at securing the software supply chain, federal government systems, and federal...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The Growing Cyber Risks from AI — and How Organizations Can Fight Back

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming businesses—automating tasks, powering analytics, and reshaping customer interactions. But like any powerful tool, AI is a double-edged sword. While some adopt AI for protection,...more

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Building the Cyber Fortress: New Cybersecurity Executive Order Targets Quantum, AI, and Supply Chain Security

On June 6, 2025, President Trump issued a new executive order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144” (EO), signaling the construction...more

Wiley Rein LLP

President Trump’s Cyber Mandate: Analysis of Executive Order on Strengthening U.S. Cybersecurity

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President Trump issued a cybersecurity Executive Order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (Trump EO), along with a corresponding Fact Sheet on June 6, 2025. The Trump EO clears some of the...more

Clark Hill PLC

The Learned Concierge - June 2025, Vol. 20

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Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. Corporate Law - When Does A Converted Entity or a Merged Entity Need a New Employer Identification...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

The Need for Speed: DoD’s “Software Fast Track” Targets Bureaucracy at Mach 2

The Department of Defense (DoD) is revving its engines again—this time to rocket past its own software acquisition drag. Launched via an April 24 memo from Acting DoD CIO Katie Arrington, the DoD’s Software Fast Track (SWFT)...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trump’s New Cybersecurity Executive Order: What Contractors Need to Know

On June 6, 2025, the Trump Administration released a new Executive Order (“EO”) on cybersecurity, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Why Business Continuity Planning Must Be Central to TPRM

Today, organizations are more reliant than ever on external vendors, suppliers, and service providers. This interdependency amplifies both operational capabilities and vulnerabilities. Disruptions at a critical third party...more

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US, Australian, New Zealand and UK cybersecurity agencies publish guidance on best practices for securing data used to train and...

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On May 22 2025, the cybersecurity agencies from the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand published a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CIS) on ensuring that data used to train and use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Overseas employees and contractors pose increased risks of data breach

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As data breach litigation continues to increase, companies need to worry about a new point of vulnerability - overseas employees.  Many large companies outsource customer services to India and other low-cost providers to take...more

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Threat actors increasingly introducing malicious code into open source packages

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The risks associated with leveraging open source libraries, and the review needed, are increasing. In the first half of 2025, cybersecurity researchers observed a sharp rise in the incidence of malicious code embedded in...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Glow Up or Sell Out? Opportunities and Risks in the Consumer Health and Beauty Sector

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The global M&A market is forever evolving, and nowhere is this truer than in beauty, which has recently seen a notable surge in growth and popularity. McKinsey forecasts global beauty sales to grow six percent annually until...more

Dickinson Wright

FCC Expands National Security Measures for Telecom Industry

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Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took three separate actions to control foreign influence over US communications products and services. These decisions fit within the FCC’s broader efforts to safeguard...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DoD Publishes Organization-Defined Parameters for NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued a memorandum signaling that defense contractors soon will be required to comply with new cybersecurity compliance requirements. The memorandum establishes...more

Alston & Bird

UK Publishes Software Security Code

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Cyber security supply chain risks are growing, and attacks on vendors and other third parties cause severe disruption to businesses. For example, in recent years we have seen many incidents that have involved threat actors...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

EU Cyber Resilience Act: How to Prepare Now

The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), adopted by the European Parliament in 2024, marks a major milestone in European cybersecurity legislation. As the first EU-wide law focused on the cybersecurity of digital products, it...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Director Judy Bruner on Finding the Right Mix of Skills for a Board

Well-run boards are constantly evaluating their own make-up, including the optimal mix of skills and experience among their directors. In an interview with The Informed Board, Judy Bruner discusses the ways in which a variety...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Commercially Connected Shorts - 14 May 2025

Welcome to Commercially Connected shorts, our weekly bitesize newsletter summarising the latest updates in UK commercial law. This week we look at: - UK-US and UK-India trade deals - Eversheds Sutherland’s global supply...more

Hogan Lovells

Energy Buzz: Trends in construction contracts for energy transition projects

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With plans for energy transition infrastructure projects well underway, their successful delivery demands that parties swiftly get to grips with the important issues when negotiating, administering and managing claims and...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

SWIFT to Launch May 1: DOD Fast Tracks Software Deployment Opening New Doors for Defense Contractors

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In a decisive move to stay ahead in an era of rapidly evolving digital threats, the Department of Defense (DOD) is accelerating its push for software modernization. The upcoming launch of the Software Fast Track (SWIFT)...more

J.S. Held

Top Ten Strategic Advantages of a vCISO with AI Expertise for Developing Business and Protecting AI Applications

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In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, unlocking new efficiencies, and enabling transformative business models. Companies leveraging AI to create applications or enhance...more

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