Security News > 2021 > May > How Biden's executive order on cybersecurity may impact vendors and developers
Though most of the EO is aimed at government agencies, vendors and developers will have to design all of their products with a greater focus on security, according to Finite State.
With ransomware attacks increasingly impacting businesses, government agencies and critical infrastructure, President Joe Biden last week signed an executive order designed to shore up the nation's cyber security.
As the government is a significant purchaser of technology products, the hope is that vendors and developers will place a greater focus on security if only to keep one of their major customers happy.
What will this new scenario mean for the companies that create and sell hardware and software? A report published last Thursday by supply chain security firm Finite State offers advice on how vendors and developers should prepare to follow the guidelines in the EO. Section 4 of the EO is called Enhancing Software Supply Chain Security.
Finite State tells developers and vendors that they must positively state that they're meeting the necessary security requirements.
"Ultimately, this executive order signals a new era for cybersecurity that puts regulators, developers and manufacturers, and the larger cybersecurity community firmly on the same page, speaking the same language," Finite State said in its report.