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Crossing Administrations: The Focus on Federal Cybersecurity Continues

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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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Analyzing President Biden's Ambitious Cybersecurity Executive Order

In his final days in office, President Biden signed an ambitious executive order to improve the federal government's approach to cybersecurity. Executive Order 14114 ("Executive Order"), issued January 16, 2025, titled...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: White House Executive Order Seeks to Strengthen Federal Cybersecurity

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On January 16, 2025, former President Biden issued the Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity (the EO). The EO directs various parts of the federal government to adopt a...more

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Biden’s Final Cybersecurity Order Proposes Significant Changes, All to Be Implemented by the Incoming Administration

Citing the threats posed by foreign adversaries and criminal organizations, and seeking enhanced accountability for companies that provide software and cloud services to the federal government, the Biden administration has...more

King & Spalding

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

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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

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NIST Issues New AI Risk Mitigation Guidelines and Software

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Commerce Department Bans Kaspersky Software in US

In the Biden Administration’s continuing effort to reduce the risk of cybersecurity spyware from foreign adversaries, including Russia, the United States Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a final rule (Rule) on June...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Two New Cybersecurity Proposed Rules Mean Big Changes for Federal Contractors

On October 3, 2023, the FAR Council released two long-awaited proposed rules for federal contractor cybersecurity stemming from the Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order from May 2021 (Executive Order 14028)....more

Fenwick & West LLP

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

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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

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Biden Administration Releases Highly Anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy

On March 2, 2023, the Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy. The Strategy represents the latest push by the Administration to focus on cybersecurity concerns, following the release of Executive...more

Ankura

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

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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

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NIST Releases Guidance on Supply Chain Security

The National Institutes of Science and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory recently released guidance entitled “Software Supply Chain Security Guidance,” in response to directives set forth in President...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NIST Releases New Guidance on Software Security and Cybersecurity Consumer Labeling Programs

NIST recently released several key deliverables relating to cybersecurity. These focus on secure software development and new consumer labeling programs as contemplated by President Biden’s Executive Order 14028, which seeks...more

McDermott Will & Emery

NIST Publishes Draft Security Criteria for Consumer Software

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Survey: 3 Areas of Concern for Immigration Legal Teams

After several years of restrictions and suppressed immigration numbers, the Biden Administration has provided a light at the end of the tunnel, slowly but surely. America’s new immigration-friendly environment can only lead...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Right on Time – NIST Releases Definition of “Critical Software” Per Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

As called for in the May 12, 2021 Cybersecurity Executive Order (“EO”) released by the Biden Administration (discussed here), NIST met its deadline to release a definition of “critical software” within 45 days of the date of...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries

Published on June 9, 2021, President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting America’s Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries is the latest Executive Order seeking to strengthen national security by improving public and...more

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Biden Administration issues New Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive data

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On January 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14034, to further address the declared national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply...more

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Key takeaways from NIST’s cyber executive order workshop

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On June 2 and 3, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a workshop focused on the President’s recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Order) during which government...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & Policy Newsletter - June 2021

1. Recent Enforcement: Even Companies That Invest in Compliance Pay Penalties- Since our April enforcement roundup, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department...more

Kilpatrick

New Federal Cybersecurity Guidelines – How Does Your Organization Stack Up?

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In the wake of recent cybersecurity incidents of historical significance on May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order to improve the federal government’s efforts to “identify, deter, protect against, detect, and...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

As many of our readers are aware, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order on May 12 to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. While much of the executive order focuses on strengthening the federal government’s networks...more

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