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In response to recent highly publicized cybersecurity incidents, President Biden signed an Executive Order on May 12, 2021, that contains eight key initiatives aimed at modernizing the federal government’s response to cyberattacks.
Although the initiatives outlined in the Executive Order only apply to federal contractors (many of which already comply with agency-specific cybersecurity rules), all companies and organizations should pay attention to them, as they could be used as models for other laws and as the “baseline” for what security measures businesses will be expected to implement.
Removing Barriers to Sharing Threat Information / National Security Systems
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On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity following a series of highly publicized cybersecurity incidents during the first four months of his presidency, including the Colonial Pipeline attack, which revealed vulnerabilities within the nation’s infrastructure and information systems. While this is not the first executive order issued to enhance the nation’s cyber defenses, it is the executive order most likely to have an impact and result in a change in light of the White House’s statement that “[r]ecent cybersecurity incidents . . . are a sobering reminder that U.S. public and private sector entities increasingly face sophisticated malicious cyber activity from both nation-state actors and cyber criminals . . . [as well as] insufficient cybersecurity defenses that leave public and private sector entities more vulnerable to incidents.”
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In a paradigm shift for cybersecurity, President Biden signed an ambitious Executive Order (the Order) on May 12 to address the increasingly sophisticated threats by malicious cyber actors to the nation s software supply chains and federal information systems. The Executive Order on Improving the Nation s Cybersecurity seeks to modernize federal government cybersecurity, improve information sharing between federal agencies and the private sector, and enhance the nation s resiliency to cyber-attacks. While the Order primarily focuses on concrete steps the federal government must take to adopt cybersecurity best practices, there are several provisions that will also significantly impact government contractors, subcontractors and other private sector entities. These changes come at a critical time for such organizations, especially those that are diligently working to meet Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) req
Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and protect federal government networks. Recent cybersecurity incidents such as SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange, and the Colonial Pipeline incident are a sobering reminder that U.S. public and private sector entities increasingly face sophisticated malicious cyber activity from both nation-state actors and cyber criminals. These incidents share commonalities, including insufficient cybersecurity defenses that leave public and private sector entities more vulnerable to incidents.
This Executive Order makes a significant contribution toward modernizing cybersecurity defenses by protecting federal networks, improving information-sharing between the U.S. government and the private sector on cyber issues, and strengthening the United States’ ability to respond to incidents when they occur. It is the first of many ambitious steps the Administration is taking to modernize national cyber defenses.�
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:Section 1.