Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order: 4 Key Takeaways Compliance Twitter Photo: Taken via Pixabay/CC By issuing a sweeping cybersecurity executive order on Wednesday, the Biden administration is attempting to take a critical step to address security issues that have come to light after recent cyberattacks. The 30-page Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity covers a host of cybersecurity issues. It describes how government agencies should evaluate the software they buy. It mandates that executive branch agencies deploy multifactor authentication, endpoint detection and response, and encryption. And it calls for these agencies to adopt "zero trust" architectures and more secure cloud services.