Security News > 2025 > January > Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order

President Biden has signed a new cybersecurity order. It has a bunch of provisions, most notably using the US governments procurement power to improve cybersecurity practices industry-wide. Some details: The core of the executive order is an array of mandates for protecting government networks based on lessons learned from recent major incidents­—namely, the security failures of federal contractors. The order requires software vendors to submit proof that they follow secure development practices, building on a mandate that debuted in 2022 in response to ...

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