The Situation: On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an "Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity," which calls for "bold" and extensive action designed to update and.
New marching orders for agencies and technology vendors in the Biden administration s new cybersecurity policy need to be supported in the budget, industry reps say.
Section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 2018 NDAA) ushered in enhanced post-award debriefing requirements for covered Department of Defense (DOD).
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WASHINGTON and DALLAS, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Olga Torres, Managing Member of Torres Law, an international trade and national security law firm, has been named among the country s top international trade and economic sanctions lawyers by Chamber USA.
Recognized for her strong practice in the export controls and sanctions space and her work advising clients on OFAC regulations, Ms. Torres – founder and Managing Member of her own law firm, Torres Law – is one of only three lawyers on the prestigious list who hail from boutique trade law firms.
One source interviewed by Chambers observed that Ms. Torres is a subject matter expert when it comes to export compliance. Another remarked that she is extremely responsive and knowledgeable.
By Chris Riotta
May 23, 2021
Tucked inside President Joe Biden s cybersecurity executive order is a plan to modernize and streamline federal procurement policy, which experts said lacked critical funding and resources to adequately implement within its ambitious timeframe.
The order in part seeks to overhaul a current patchwork of regulations and guidelines for the private sector and commercial marketplace around federal contractor cybersecurity requirements. This plan will require agencies and contractors to address numerous issues at once under short timeframes, from developing standards for software supply chain security to removing barriers to sharing threat information.
While private sector leaders expressed enthusiasm for improving cybersecurity requirements governmentwide as outlined in the order, they said the new policies may also yield duplicative, burdensome requirements and potential pitfalls in areas like information-sharing.