{"id":503524,"date":"2021-05-13T09:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T13:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=503524"},"modified":"2021-05-13T09:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T13:35:19","slug":"biden-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-improving-the-federal-governments-cybersecurity-defenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-improving-the-federal-governments-cybersecurity-defenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Improving The Federal Government\u2019s Cybersecurity Defenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-improving-the-federal-governments-cybersecurity-defenses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=503524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at bolstering America\u2019s cybersecurity and better protecting federal government networks in the wake of multiple attacks.<\/p>\n<p>This most recent cyber hack <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/08\/cyber-attack-shuts-down-colonial-pipeline\/\">affected<\/a> Colonial Pipeline, which is responsible for delivering almost half of the East Coast\u2019s fuel. The ransomware attack forced the company to shut down all pipeline operations for days, resulting in fuel <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/colonial-pipeline-cyberattack-gas-shortage-southeast-gasshortage-long-lines\/\">shortages<\/a> in multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/roy-cooper-north-carolina-declares-state-emergency-colonial-pipeline\/\">states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Executive Order makes a significant contribution toward modernizing cybersecurity defenses by protecting federal networks, improving information-sharing between the U.S. government and the private sector on cyber issues, and strengthening the United States\u2019 ability to respond to incidents when they occur,\u201d the White House announced in a press release. \u201cIt is the first of many ambitious steps the Administration is taking to modernize national cyber defenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s executive order in part establishes a cybersecurity safety review board, requires that IT service providers share certain information about breaches and improves cybersecurity standards for the federal government.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7191035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7191035\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7191035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"A friend carrying a gas container is greeted by a motorist waiting in a lengthy line to enter a gasoline station during a surge in the demand for fuel following the cyberattack that crippled the Colonial Pipeline, in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. May 12, 2021. (REUTERS\/Jonathan Drake)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7191035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A friend carrying a gas container is greeted by a motorist waiting in a lengthy line to enter a gasoline station during a surge in the demand for fuel following the cyberattack that crippled the Colonial Pipeline, in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. May 12, 2021. (REUTERS\/Jonathan Drake)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In particular, this order aims to move the federal government over to \u201csecure cloud services and a zero-trust architecture,\u201d according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>A senior White House official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-executive-order-cybersecurity-defenses\/\">told<\/a> CBS News that the move \u201cprotects federal networks\u201d and noted the administration was \u201cconfronted by the hard truth\u201d about some of its lackluster cyber security prevention efforts. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/biden-darkside-colonial-pipeline-shortages-oil-psaki\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden White House Is \u2018Monitoring\u2019 Fuel Shortages From Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis executive order protects federal networks. Following the SolarWinds incident response, we were confronted by the hard truth that some of the most basic cyber security prevention and response measures were not systemically rolled out across federal agencies,\u201d the senior White House official said according to CBS News. \u201cSo we identified a small set of high impact cyber defenses that when implemented, make it harder for an adversary to compromise and operate on a hacked network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colonial Pipeline <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/colonial-pipeline-back-in-business-ransomware-attack\/\">restarted<\/a> operations Wednesday evening, though it will take a few days for the company to fully resume,\u00a0Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at bolstering America\u2019s cybersecurity and better protecting federal government networks in the wake of multiple attacks.This most recent cyber hack affected &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278021,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Improving The Federal Government\u2019s Cybersecurity Defenses","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-12T221324Z_904725960_RC2KEN921BZH_RTRMADP_3_USA-PRODUCTS-COLONIALPIPELINE-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Improving The Federal Government\u2019s Cybersecurity Defenses","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}