News & Analysis as of

Software Developers Biden Administration Cybersecurity

Goodwin

Crossing Administrations: The Focus on Federal Cybersecurity Continues

Goodwin on

Federal contractors, including defense contractors, should prepare for the emergence of new requirements in the coming months that are designed to strengthen software supply chain security, impose more stringent cybersecurity...more

King & Spalding

NIST Releases Series of AI Guidelines & Software in Ongoing Response to AI Executive Order

King & Spalding on

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) recently announced the publication of three AI guidelines as well as its release of a software package aimed at helping organizations...more

WilmerHale

NIST Issues New AI Risk Mitigation Guidelines and Software

WilmerHale on

On July 26, 2024, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (“NIST”), part of the Department of Commerce, released guidelines, a global engagement plan, and software covering various aspects of AI technology...more

Benesch

California Senator Scott Wiener Introduced New Bill that Would Require a Kill Switch for Applicable Artificial Intelligence Models

Benesch on

On February 7, 2024, California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 1047, which is titled the “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Systems Act.” The bill is designed to impose additional due...more

Fenwick & West LLP

UPDATE: Secure Software Development Attestation: A(nother) Government Requirement

Fenwick & West LLP on

As follow-on guidance to Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) September 14, 2022 memo and the associated Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity from May 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Biden Administration announces “National Cybersecurity Strategy”

On March 2, the Biden Administration released a “National Cybersecurity Strategy,” which it says takes a comprehensive approach to securing cyberspace for all and ensuring the United States is in the best position to take...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New Biden Administration Cyber Strategy Proposes Dramatic Shift in Order to Hold Software Developers Liable for “Insecure”...

The Strategy’s liability proposal represents a fundamental change in the cybersecurity market for software markers. Proposed legislation would seek to restrict software providers’ ability to limit liability while also...more

Ankura

OMB Renews Commitment to EO14028 by Requiring SSDF Compliance in Federal Software Acquisition

Ankura on

On September 14, 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued much-anticipated guidance on the implementation of Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) requirements for contractors (The “Guidance Memo”)...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Software Providers Need to Be Ready to Attest to NIST Compliance Within the Coming Year

Womble Bond Dickinson on

Companies providing software to the federal government need to be prepared to attest that their software is NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)-compliant within the coming year. On September 14, 2022, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2021 Cybersecurity Recap for Government Contractors (and What to Expect in 2022) – Part 1 of 4: Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive...

As 2021 draws to a close, we wanted to share a recap of some of the most important cybersecurity developments we covered this past year along with some suggestions on what companies (particularly those that do business with...more

McDermott Will & Emery

NIST Publishes Draft Security Criteria for Consumer Software

McDermott Will & Emery on

Consumer software providers will soon have the option to label their software as compliant with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards for software security. On November 1, 2021, NIST published its...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Industry Implications of EO on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity

Wiley Rein LLP on

President Biden’s recent issuance of the highly anticipated Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO or Order), in the midst of high-profile cyber-attacks on the Nation, brought new challenges to...more

Goodwin

Biden Executive Order Likely to Push Private Sector Forward on Cybersecurity

Goodwin on

On May 12, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The order comes on the heels of a number of recent widely reported cybersecurity crises, including the Solar Winds and Microsoft...more

13 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide