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The Commerce Department has requested comment on rules it will set for infrastructure-as-a-service providers to protect against foreign cyber threats, as required by an executive order issued at the end of the Trump administration. One of the executive orders that was not countermanded by the Biden administration, EO 13984 highlights the role of service resellers, […]

There is growing pressure to create a federal breach reporting requirement, both from within Congress and at the urging of the White House. Lawmakers...

The Information Technology Industry Council has called on OMB to provide more guidance to federal agencies about their priorities in implementing zero-trust security architectures. The current draft strategy simply requires agencies to complete the required set of actions by the end of fiscal 2024, without offering criteria for which systems should be migrated first. The […]

As part of its efforts against ransomware, the Biden administration is reportedly getting ready to sanction financial exchanges that facilitate ransom payments – typically...

The Biden administration has announced the formation of a new security partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom, which will focus on advancing cyber and other emerging technology with military capabilities. Administration officials say that AUKUS is not targeting China, but that country looms large in issues the partnership says it will address. A key […]

National cyber director Chris Inglis has been setting priorities and carving out turf for his office to cover, including high-level oversight of the implementation of cyberspace tools by the executive branch. He says that part of his responsibility is to track not just what cyber money is being spent, but how it is being spent: […]

The Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released its draft Federal Zero Trust Strategy under President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity...

Earlier this week, the White House announced that the Office of Management and Budget has released a draft of the Federal Zero Trust Strategy—a...

The Office of Management and Budget’s draft “zero trust” strategy, released for comment on September 7, is trying to present a unified approach to this cybersecurity model, consolidating varied guidance from NIST, DoD, the Federal CIO’s Council, and dozens of vendors. “The purpose of this strategy is to put all federal agencies on a common […]

This blog continues Covington’s review of important deadlines and milestones in implementing the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (E.O. 14028, or the...