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In 2021, the U.S. Congress passed a landmark piece of legislation, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which took a critical step towards modernizing state, local, tribal, and territorial governments鈥� information technology (IT) systems. For the first time in history, this law aimed to ensure dedicated investments in key areas of state and tribal governments鈥� cybersecurity. As state [...]
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The U.S. government marks October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month to celebrate the year-round work of countless dedicated civil servants to strengthen the security of the United States. Many of 91快活林鈥檚 members proudly partner with the federal government to provide innovative information and communication technologies and services that help agencies deliver their mission. The secure and effective delivery [...]
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As the Biden Administration develops its National Security Strategy (NSS), the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is also undertaking an effort to develop a National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) to be housed under the NSS. The NCS will be instrumental to ensuring that America鈥檚 cybersecurity posture is fit-for-purpose, reflects the constantly evolving threat landscape, and can help build [...]
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On March 15, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill into law, which included innovative provisions that introduce new cyber incident reporting obligations for critical infrastructure owners and operators, such as those in the communications, information technology, energy, and financial services sectors. At a moment when other countries are also pondering if and how to [...]
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The Biden Administration continues to advance a multitude of technology and cybersecurity initiatives that will reset the way the U.S. government and professionals approach procurement in federal information technology (IT). This focus is welcome as cyber threats increasingly target digital government services. 91快活林 continues to call on U.S. policymakers to prioritize and act on these critical issues, [...]
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November 12 marks six months since the Biden Administration issued the sweeping Executive Order on Improving the Nation鈥檚 Cybersecurity (EO), setting a milestone in the advancement of a coherent federal strategy to optimize cyber risk management. With the Executive Order鈥檚 release, the Biden Administration put down a marker to elevate the importance of cybersecurity. The EO directed all agencies to [...]
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On 12 October 2021, 91快活林 hosted a hybrid panel event, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Next for the Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council (TTC)?鈥� at Euractiv Studios. The event was moderated by 91快活林鈥檚 President and CEO Jason Oxman and featured a live panel debate and a keynote speech from European Commission Executive Vice President, Margrethe Vestager. Speakers Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President, European Commission [...]
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The Biden Administration, like the Trump Administration before it, has made securing IT supply chains a top priority. In 2021, the new administration released two key executive orders: one focused on supply chain resilience for four critical sectors, and one cybersecurity-focused set of directives that included security requirements for vendors supplying the federal IT infrastructure. But even before [...]
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On Aug. 25, the Biden Administration will meet with private sector leaders at the White House to discuss how the public and private sectors can and must work together to improve the United States鈥� cybersecurity. In just the past few months, President Biden has issued two directives to address the surge in cyber threats, such as supply chain attacks targeting the U.S. government鈥檚 own systems, and ransomware [...]
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Recent cybersecurity incidents, notably the sophisticated nation-state backed supply chain compromise of SolarWinds and the profoundly disruptive ransomware attack of the Colonial Pipeline, have placed the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. in sharp focus. Of particular interest to U.S. policymakers is understanding the lessons that can be learned from these significant cybersecurity incidents. The [...]
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