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Trump Reverses Key Biden-Era Cyber Directives: Important Updates to Federal Cybersecurity Priorities

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Earlier this month, President Trump issued an Executive Order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144” (EO), which amends both Biden...more

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Building the Cyber Fortress: New Cybersecurity Executive Order Targets Quantum, AI, and Supply Chain Security

On June 6, 2025, President Trump issued a new executive order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144” (EO), signaling the construction...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Best Practices for Securing Data Used to Train and Operate AI Systems

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The National Security Agency’s Artificial Intelligence, Security Center (AISC), together with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Australian Signals...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Proposed Rule to Amend FAR Guidance on Safeguarding CUI – Care to Comment?

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The FAR Council issued a proposed rule that would amend the several FAR provisions and add new clauses to provide guidance on the safe handling of CUI. Public comments on the proposed rule are being accepted until March 17,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Biden Issues Cyber Executive Order in Last Days of Term

Former President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity” on January 16, 2025. The EO is designed to...more

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FAR Council Publishes Proposed Rule Imposing New Security Requirements on Contractors Handling CUI

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On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council published a proposed rule (the FAR CUI Rule) that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to impose government-wide cybersecurity, training, and...more

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President Biden Issues Second Cybersecurity Executive Order

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In light of recent cyberattacks targeting the federal government and United States supply chains, President Biden’s administration has released an Executive Order (the “Order”) in an attempt to modernize and enhance the...more

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Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Three - Secure Software Development Attestation...

Yesterday we continued our series... with the Office of Management and Budget’s September 2022 memorandum requiring federal agencies to only use software from software producers that attest compliance with secure software...more

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The New IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act Becomes Federal Law

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Recognizing the importance of Internet of Thing (IoT) devices to the federal government, the President signed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act (the Act) into law on December 4, 2020. Manufacturers who build IoT devices...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New Federal Law Alert: The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 – IoT Security for Federal...

There is a new federal IoT law, H.R. 1668, the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, that recently passed the House and Senate and was signed by the President on December 4. ...more

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IoT Security Reaches Center Stage in U.S.

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How is a refrigerator like a stoplight camera and a delivery drone? Each of these devices and hundreds of millions of others are part of the internet of things (IoT), meaning that manufacturers are building them with sensors...more

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Senate Passes IoT Cybersecurity Bill by Unanimous Consent

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Last night, the Senate passed by unanimous consent H.R. 1668, the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act. The House had previously passed the bill by voice vote in September after lengthy negotiations with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Feds Want New IoT Guidance to Address Security Vulnerabilities

“Internet of Things” devices are listening. And now the federal government is taking notice. As we reported in our Government Contracts and Investigations blog, to date, federal cybersecurity regulations for government...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

“Internet of Things” Guidance to be Added to Cybersecurity Requirements for Agencies and Federal Contractors

In 2019, cybersecurity has become top-of-mind for most federal government contractors and agencies that share sensitive information. In addition to updated Department of Defense guidance and procedures for evaluating...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOD and Other Agencies Seek to Enhance Contractors’ Cyber and Supply Chain Security

The Department of Defense (DOD) and its component services and agencies are taking several independent steps to assess and enhance their cyber and supply chain security that will directly or indirectly affect DOD contractors...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Policymakers Focusing in on Artificial Intelligence

Following a series of recent events involving policymakers from Trump’s Administration and Capitol Hill, artificial intelligence (AI) was the second hottest topic in D.C. These events, described in detail below, demonstrated...more

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