Cybersecurity Dive January 16, 2025
Released in the administration’s final days, the highly-anticipated order follows a series of sophisticated attacks against federal agencies and critical infrastructure providers.
The White House rolled out a highly anticipated executive order on Thursday to combat a rising level of sophisticated attacks targeting U.S. government agencies, critical infrastructure providers and high-profile individuals by state-linked threat groups and other malign actors.
The executive order will give the U.S. more authority to level sanctions against malicious actors that have disrupted hospitals and other critical providers.
Federal authorities also plan to leverage the government’s $100 billion in annual IT spending to make sure technology companies develop more secure software.
The order follows a rash of state-linked campaigns, including the hack...
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