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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In response to increasing cybersecurity threats, including the SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline attacks, President Biden issued an Executive Order on May 12, 2021, that enhances cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors. The Executive Order applies to contractors that provide government-procured software and those that operate the "vital machinery that ensures our safety." Sectio...

Key Points On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, President Biden issued EO 14,028, "Improving the Nations Cybersecurity." The EO sets out an ambitious schedule of reviews and rulemakings that portend significant changes in the software and cybersecurity industries, particularly for government contractors and cybersecurity and software solution providers. In the view of the administration, these changes should be regarded as the new normal of what will be considered "reasonable" cyber and supply chain sec...

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On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order entitled Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO). The EO was released only days after the cyberattack impacting Colonial Pipeline, and several months following discovery of the penetration of various federal agencies as a result of the Solar Winds cyber breach by Russian hackers in 2019. The 34-page EO calls for broad and ambitious changes intended to improve Federal Information System cybersecurity, and the prevention, detection, ...

Key Points On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, President Biden issued EO 14,028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The EO sets out an ambitious schedule of reviews and rulemakings that portend significant changes in the software and cybersecurity industries, particularly for government contractors and cybersecurity and software solution providers. In the view of the administration, these changes should be regarded as the new normal of what will be considered “reasonable” cyber and suppl...

Advertisement Executive Order on Improving US Cybersecurity: An Ambitious and Timely Call for a Broad Range of Cybersecurity Improvements Monday, May 24, 2021 On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order entitled  Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO). The EO was released only days after the cyberattack impacting Colonial Pipeline, and several months following discovery of the penetration of various federal agencies as a result of the Solar Winds cyber breach by ...

The President’s new Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity includes wide-ranging measures intended to strengthen security standards for the federal government and...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued its much anticipated "Executive Order on Improving the NationsCybersecurity." Below are provisions we believe will be of most interest to contractors, as well as any company that provides information technology ("IT") and operational technology ("OT") services, cloud computing, software, or internet of things ("IoT") technology, as the new regu...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed a landmark Executive Order to improve and modernize the federal governments cybersecurity infrastructure. The Executive Order comes in the wake of numerous cyber incidents targeting the United States, including the so-called SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange, and Colonial Pipeline incidents. The Executive Order will directly affect government contractors, ...

The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack prompted the issuance of a long-awaited executive order (EO) on improving U.S. cybersecurity. The EO mandates that, within six months, all federal...