Biden signs memo extending cyber EO requirements to national security systems

By Sara Friedman / January 19, 2022 at 11:16 AM
President Biden is extending requirements in a major 2021 cybersecurity executive order to national security systems, in a memorandum signed today. The national security memorandum, “ Improving the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems ,” sets implementation deadlines such as a requirement for departments and agencies that own or operate an NSS to “update existing agency plans to prioritize resources for the adoption and use of cloud technology, including adoption of Zero Trust Architecture as...

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