President Biden's new executive order could oblige software vendors to tell Uncle Sam about security breaches
Prompt disclosure shake-up follows SolarWinds calamity Software vendors will be obliged to promptly notify their US federal government customers in the event of any security breach, a draft executive order from President Joe Biden’s administration proposes. The order – which follows the high impact SolarWinds breach late last year – would also mandate the use of multi-factor authentication and data encryption within US federal agencies, Reuters reports. In addition, the order would compel vendors to retain more records and work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (...
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