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Biden Takes Executive Action to Strengthen National Cybersecurity, Secure Supply Chains
The Biden administration this week issued a new spate of actions to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity, though details of its 100-day plan issued last month to address risks to the U.S. bulk power system (BPS) remain scant.
In a May 11 notice, the president said his administration would continue, for one year, a national emergency declared by President Trump in May 2019 to secure the information and communications technology and services supply chain. And on May 12, Biden signed a lengthy executive order (EO) to modernize cybersecurity defenses of federal networks, improve public-private information sharing, and strengthen the U.S.’s ability to respond to cyberattack events.
Biden orders wide cybersecurity changes for government, contractors 2 hours ago A new executive order from President Joe Biden aims to improve detection of cyber threats on federal networks. (Andrew Harnik/AP) WASHINGTON Following government cyber breaches, the Biden administration issued a cybersecurity order requiring improved protections at government agencies and prompt breach reports from federal computer network and cloud service suppliers. The executive order signed Wednesday touches on many issues that the Defense Department is weighing to ensure adequate protections among its vast information technology supplier network, an effort driven in large part by lawmakers’ alarm over recent high-profile government network compromises. For example, lawmakers ordered the DoD to assess programs to share cybersecurity information with the defense industrial base and to consider the possibility of a threat-hunting program on vendors’ networks.
My administration will be pursuing a global effort of ransomware attacks by transnational criminals who often use global money-laundering networks to carry them out, says U.S. President Joe Biden.
The temporary shutdown of the U.S. largest conduit for gasoline and diesel over the weekend has conspicuously triggered off a dire situation of triple predicament for the Joe Biden administration to cope with, which might escalate and deteriorate on the three fronts of fuel supply, energy development and cyber security if not addressed on urgent basis.
Fuel shortages have worsened across the U.S. East Coast as consumers continue panic buying amid the fallout from the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline last week. The national average for gas prices reached 3 U.S. dollars per gallon on Wednesday, the most expensive level since October 2014, according to FOX Business.
Colonial Pipeline hack exposes lack of federal cybersecurity oversight for US energy industry: media Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-12 09:11
Cars line up at a QuickTrip in Atlanta, Georgia on May 11, 2021. There is an expectation of a gasoline shortage in Georgia after Georgia-based gas company Colonial Pipeline reported a ransomware attack on May 7. [Photo/Agencies]
WASHINGTON - The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. has hit a US industry that largely lacks federal cybersecurity oversight, leading to uneven digital defenses against such hacks, reported The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
The temporary shutdown of Colonial s pipeline, the country s largest conduit for gasoline and diesel to the East Coast, follows warnings by US officials in recent months of the danger of cyberattacks against privately held infrastructure. It also highlights the need for additional protections to help shield the oil-and-gas companies that power much of the country