Colonial Pipeline hack prompts new US cyber security bill

摘要

In an Executive Order published on 12 May 2021, entitled: 'Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity', US President Joseph Biden declared an intention to "make bold changes and significant investment" in protecting against cyberattacks. The Executive Order includes nine areas of change: policy; removing barriers to sharing threat information; modernising federal government cybersecurity; enhancing software supply chain security; establishing a cyber safety review board; standardising the federal government's playbook for responding to cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents; improving detection of cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents on federal government networks; improving the federal government's investigative and remediation capabilities; and national security systems.