On. Jan. 16, just days before leaving office, President Biden issued an executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. The extensive order comes on the heels of the breaches of US Treasury and US telecommunications providers perpetrated by China state-sponsored threat actors.
“Adversarial countries and criminals continue to conduct cyber campaigns targeting the United States and Americans, with the People’s Republic of China presenting the most active and persistent cyber threat to United States Government, private sector, and critical infrastructure networks,” the order states.
This new executive order, building on the one Biden issued in 2021, is extensive. It addresses issues ranging from third-party supply chain risks and AI to cybersecurity in space and the risks of quantum computers.
Could this executive order shape the federal government’s approach to cybersecurity? And how uncertain is its impact under the incoming Trump administration?
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Source: https://www.informationweek.com/cyber-resilience/what-does-biden-s-new-executive-order-mean-for-cybersecurity-
