President Biden’s newly released Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity represents a comprehensive approach to tackling cybersecurity threats in the U.S. and will likely result in new FAR and DFARS contract requirements. It represents the next step towards the inclusion of mandatory breach notifications in government contracts following widespread speculation that breach notification requirements were on the horizon. The EO declares “the prevention, detection, assessment, and remediation of cyber security incidents” as a top priority and appears to focus on breach notifications as a key component.
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