At a glance.
- A draft executive order from the Biden Administration seeks to enhance cyber defenses.
- Attackers may be exploiting an unknown FortiGate zero-day.
- Personal information was compromised in OneBlood ransomware attack.
A draft executive order from the Biden Administration seeks to enhance cyber defenses.
CyberScoop has obtained a draft copy of a Biden Administration executive order aimed at improving cybersecurity defenses across the Federal government and its contractors, with an additional focus on curbing cybercrime and fraud. The order would also direct the Commerce Department to issue minimum cybersecurity requirements for all industry sectors, and seeks to enhance the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA's) ability to detect threats within Federal systems. Other sections of the EO deal with securing artificial intelligence, preparing for post-quantum cryptography, and protecting Federal systems in space.
President Biden is expected to sign the order before he leaves office next week, though Federal News Network cites several anonymous Federal officials as saying the late timing of the order may undercut its implementation. Other sources noted, however, that the EO's content is largely non-partisan, so the incoming Trump administration may decide to pick up on many of the order's objectives.