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Federal CISO forecasts one of toughest tasks in sweeping Biden cyber executive order

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At 34 pages, President Joe Biden’s May executive order on cybersecurity is lengthier than many such White House directives. It’s going to keep federal agencies busy for a long time implementing a host of protective measures, but one might prove a heavier burden, according to Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha. The executive order establishes cybersecurity event log requirements for agencies, meant to improve the government’s ability to investigate and clean-up attacks. “To do monitoring and understand what activity is occurring or has occurred on your network, that’s a huge multi-year exercise that each agency’s going to have to undertake,” DeRusha said during an interview that aired Tuesday as part of CyberTalks, a summit presented by CyberScoop. But it’s a very important part of the order, he said. “When you think about it it’s really a key pillar of … cyber hygiene,” said DeRusha. Under the order, the Homeland […]

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Key Considerations for the Department of Energy on Defending the Bulk Power Grid

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On January 20, President Joseph Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13990 to help protect U.S. bulk power organizations. This Order enacted a 90-day suspension of E.O. 13920 which was set by the previous administration. The new executive order empowere… Continue reading Key Considerations for the Department of Energy on Defending the Bulk Power Grid→

Biden revokes TikTok ban, issues new guidance for evaluating foreign apps

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order that overturns Trump-era efforts to ban Chinese applications TikTok and WeChat while offering new guidelines for federal agencies to assess the national security risks of such software. The order emphasizes additional criteria for the Commerce Department to use in assessing whether to restrict U.S. use of foreign software apps. Those criteria include whether the technology is connected to foreign military or intelligence agencies, or involved in malicious cyber activity or the collection of sensitive personal data. The order is a reprieve for TikTok, a popular video-sharing app owned by Beijing-based firm ByteDance. Then-President Donald Trump issued an order that sought to ban U.S. companies from providing internet and content delivery services to TikTok, citing concerns that Chinese spies could exploit that data. But implementation of that order has been held up by legal challenges waged by TikTok, which has denied improper […]

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White House executive order further restricts investments in Chinese surveillance technology

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President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order that expands restrictions on U.S. investments in the Chinese defense sector and takes aim at the export of Chinese surveillance technologies. Building on a Trump administration order, the new directive expands to 59 the list of Chinese companies that Americans are barred from investing in. The order, the White House said, will also give U.S. officials greater leeway in addressing the threat of Chinese surveillance technology that is used to repress religious or ethnic groups inside and outside of China. The directive allows the U.S. “to prohibit – in a targeted and scoped manner – U.S. investments in Chinese companies that undermine the security or democratic values of the United States and our allies,” the White House said in a statement. Several Chinese technology firms have been implicated in the Chinese government’s mass detention of Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim minority group whose […]

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The Line in the Sand: How We Respond Today Impacts Our Security Tomorrow

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In the past few months, we’ve faced massive attacks with SolarWinds and the HAFNIUM attacks targeting Microsoft Exchange, followed by the unprecedented ransomware attack by DarkSide that crippled US critical infrastructure. It is time to ask ourse… Continue reading The Line in the Sand: How We Respond Today Impacts Our Security Tomorrow→

Where Should I Spend My Time? Looking at Verizon DBIR & Executive Order

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Anthony Israel-Davis joins the show to discuss what you can do with the DBIR as a practitioner and his perspective on the proposed Cybersecurity Safety Review Board. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5UDKiGLlzxhiGnd6FtvEnmStitcher: https://www.sti… Continue reading Where Should I Spend My Time? Looking at Verizon DBIR & Executive Order→

Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order, Apple’s AirTag, Cyber Insurance

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Details about Biden’s cybersecurity executive order, privacy and stalking concerns with Apple’s new AirTag technology, and why some cyber insurance companies may not pay out for ransomware in the future. ** Links mentioned on the show ** New Cybersecur… Continue reading Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order, Apple’s AirTag, Cyber Insurance→

How Biden’s EO Impacts Cybersecurity Players

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On May 12, the Biden Administration released an executive order aimed at government agencies, vendors and developers, who all will have to design their products with a greater focus on security. The EO on “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” comes i… Continue reading How Biden’s EO Impacts Cybersecurity Players→

What the Cyber EO means for federal agencies

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By Jean Schaffer, Federal CTO, Corelight For those of us who have spent our careers working in cybersecurity, President Biden’s recent “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” (EO) held no surprises. However, it is a step toward accel… Continue reading What the Cyber EO means for federal agencies→

New Cybersecurity Executive Order: Will It Have Impact?

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The state of the threat landscape in general, and incidents like the recent ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline demand that we take immediate action to improve cybersecurity defenses. The recent executive order (EO) on cybersecurity from P… Continue reading New Cybersecurity Executive Order: Will It Have Impact?→