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Trump signed the NDAA today. Here’s what it means for cybersecurity.

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President Donald Trump signed the $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, a law that sets policies and budget guidelines for the U.S. military for fiscal 2018, including its various cybersecurity-focused initiatives. The mammoth piece of annual legislation often includes brand-new projects and policy provisions. This year’s NDAA advances several important cybersecurity efforts while also establishing new rules and programs related to information security. Here’s a closer look at some key cybersecurity provisions: The ban on Kaspersky Lab software becomes official (SEC. 1634) While the Homeland Security Department has already taken concrete steps to push Kaspersky Lab products out of the federal government, Sec. 1634 makes the ban official across the Defense Department and sets a deadline of October 2018 for total removal. The ban specifically mentions any and all products owned by Kaspersky Lab, including both services and software produced by subsidiaries. Trump will define what “cyberwar” means (SEC. 1633) The […]

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Here are the cybersecurity amendments added to the House’s defense bill

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Lawmakers attached several cybersecurity-focused amendments to the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act in a last-minute effort Wednesday to change how the federal government defends itself from cyberattacks and how the military conducts offensive cyber-operations. The House was still working on the bill as of Thursday afternoon. The provisions added Wednesday joined an already lengthy list of items related to government cybersecurity initiatives. Because the NDAA is a policy bill and not a spending bill, congressional rules leave it more open to amendments. It’s common for lawmakers to use it as a vehicle for a wide range of legislative priorities. Most of the amendments added Wednesday have a military component, though. A total of five cybersecurity amendments were added Wednesday to the House’s version of the bill, which still faces a conference committee with the Senate version. Reps. Mike Johnson, R-La., Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., Gregg Harper, R-Miss., Robert Brady, D-Pa., Jose Correa, […]

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