Tag: White House

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden-Harris administration released its long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy today, offering Americans a glimpse at the future of the U.S. digital ecosystem. In a release issued by the White House, the administration referred to the 2020s as a decisive decade where the United States will be reimagining cyberspace as a tool to achieve its goals in economic security, human rights, diversity, and trust in the democratic institution. “To realize...

WASHINGTON – After months of reports and consideration the White House has released new directives and guidance on the development and regulation of digital assets. The comprehensive federal digital assets framework seems designed to give the U.S. a guiding hand in the development of digital assets and currency nationally and internationally. This marks some early attempts by the U.S. government to navigate the cryptocurrency market while working to mitigate the risks associated with the...

WASHINGTON—Vice President Kamala Harris has cited the need for a “cyber doctrine” and greater international efforts to address the rash of cybersecurity attacks that have occurred over the past year on a global scale. In a recent interview on CBS’s Face the Nation, the vice president was asked if cyberattacks should be considered acts of terror, and she responded, “I do believe that it is important for us to have a cyber doctrine.” Harris also expressed the...

WASHINGTON—On the heels of arguably the largest cyberattack against U.S. critical infrastructure in the country’s history, President Biden on Wednesday signed an Executive Order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and protect Federal Government networks. The Executive Order was signed less than a week after the devastating ransomware attack by cybercriminal group DarkSide on Colonial Pipeline, which operates the country’s largest fuel pipeline, delivering an estimated...