Contractually obligating IT and OT service providers to share threat information with and disclose cyber incidents to their federal counterparts.The order focuses on improving the executive branch’s cybersecurity posture in response to recent supply chain and ransomware attacks. On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. Policy Initiatives from the Top (and Elsewhere) Here, we discuss recent notable actions on cybersecurity by federal and state government agencies. And although much of this early action targets specific sectors (e.g., government contractors, pipeline operators, and public companies), these requirements will indirectly touch companies in other sectors and are a preview of broader regulation to come. It is unmistakably clear that companies in regulated sectors are entering a new era of cybersecurity regulatory compliance. In the past several months, multiple federal departments and agencies announced new policy initiatives and regulatory directives to drive their cybersecurity agenda forward, and state regulators are following the trend. After a series of high-profile supply chain and ransomware attacks, the federal government is ramping up its effort to improve the nation’s cybersecurity.

Biden brave new world