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Key Takeaways

  • The newly announced “Cyber Strategy for America” (Cyber Strategy) marks an expansion and tonal shift from the previous National Cybersecurity Strategy, emphasizing a proactive stance against foreign adversaries and cybercrime through offensive operations and enhanced collaboration with the private sector.
  • While the Cyber Strategy does not impose direct obligations on businesses, it signals an increasing market of government contracts for commercial cybersecurity firms, including via the recent appropriation of $1 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill.
  • The administration aims to simplify cyber regulations, potentially impacting compliance frameworks.

Continue Reading President Trump Issues a “Cyber Strategy for America” and an Executive Order on Combating Cyber-Enabled Crime

Reflective of the Government’s increasing focus on cybersecurity, on October 3, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council (FAR Council) released two new proposed rules that will have major impacts on federal contractors. These rules implement the May 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.1 One rule applies to any federal contractor that uses information and communications technology (ICT) systems in the performance of a federal contract, sets forth cybersecurity incident reporting requirements, and imposes a software bill of materials (SBOM) requirement. The other rule, which applies only to those federal contractors that provide or maintain a Federal Information System (FIS), is intended to standardize cybersecurity requirements for unclassified FISs.Continue Reading New Proposed Rules Published for Cyber Incident Reporting and Cybersecurity Requirements Will Have Major Impacts on Federal Contractors