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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 supply chain security practices applicable to the
government and potentially the private sector in other
industries and sectors.
Most importantly, the EO sets in motion a series of reviews and
rulemakings around two initiatives that will directly affect
President Biden last February speaks publicly prior to signing an executive order on the economy. Three months later, he would sign yet another EO designed to improve the nation’s cyber posture. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)
President Joe Bidenâs Executive Order on Improving the Nationâs Cybersecurity proposes many ambitious goals, but among the most nebulous and challenging passages in the document is a section that calls for the revision and standardization of government contracts with IT and operational technology service providers in order to remove barriers to sharing threat information.
The EO points to contracts with IT and OT service providers to conduct “an array of day-to-day functions on federal information systems.” The order specifically points to cloud service providers as among the companies with access to and insight into cyber threat and incident information. At the same time, current contract terms or restrictions may limit the sharing o
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