On May 11, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure” (the “Order”). The long-anticipated directive was issued months after the White House originally planned to release a cybersecurity order in February. Since then, revised drafts of the order were circulated, including a version from February … Continue Reading
The Trump Administration appears likely to release an Executive Order on Cybersecurity. The most recent draft suggests this Executive Order may have notable impact in the Communications, Energy, and Defense Industrial Base sectors. However, it remains unclear if and when the current draft will be signed. President Trump originally was scheduled to sign an Executive … Continue Reading
On February 9, 2017, six Democratic senators wrote to DHS Secretary John Kelly about their concerns over a Trump executive order that would remove Privacy Act protections for non-U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. Senators Ed Markey (MA), Ron Wyden (OR), Jeff Merkley (OR), Al Franken (MN), Chris Coons (DE), and Mazie Hirono (HI) wrote … Continue Reading
On January 25, 2017, President Trump signed a new Executive Order on Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the U.S. Among other elements, the Executive Order directs U.S. government agencies to “ensure that their privacy policies exclude persons who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent residents from the protections of the Privacy … Continue Reading
By Caleb Skeath During the White House’s inaugural Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection last Friday, President Obama signed an executive order designed to facilitate increased information sharing between the private sector and the federal government. The order follows the introduction of the Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 in the Senate, an information-sharing bill … Continue Reading
By Ashden Fein and Randall Friedland On Friday, President Obama signed an Executive Order directed at securing consumer transactions and sensitive data, improving consumer identify theft remediation, and better securing personal information on federally run websites. Among the security measures, the President ordered all federal government-issued credit cards be equipped, as soon as possible, with … Continue Reading
Today the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) issued a discussion draft of a “Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework.” Executive Order 13,636 on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity tasked NIST with developing a “Cybersecurity Framework” “to reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure.” The Order specifies that the Framework must “provide a prioritized, flexible repeatable, performance-based, and cost-effective … Continue Reading
Executive Order 13,636 on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) to develop a Cybersecurity Framework of standards, methodologies, and processes for addressing cybersecurity risk. It also charges the Department of Homeland Security with developing a Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Program to promote adoption of the Cybersecurity Framework by critical … Continue Reading
In his State of the Union message on Tuesday, President Obama announced that he had signed an Executive Order addressing the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. President Obama emphasized that in the face of threats to corporate secrets, the power grid, and financial institutions, among others, “We cannot look back years from now and wonder why … Continue Reading
In the wake of the Senate’s failure to pass comprehensive cybersecurity legislation in August and amid continued discussion about the possibility of a cybersecurity executive order, Senator Jay Rockefeller has sought information directly from Fortune 500 companies. Senator Rockefeller has urged President Obama to issue a cybersecurity executive order, but in a letter sent to … Continue Reading
