![]() ![]() ![]() To improve our cloud security, CISA will support efforts ranging from developing a federal cloud security strategy and a cloud service governance framework to refining the process for coordination and collaboration on cybersecurity and incident response for cloud technology to foster better understanding of roles and responsibilities as well as visibility. Cloud security is critical to the security of our federal networks. ![]() ![]() Modernizing and Implementing Stronger Cybersecurity Standards across the Federal Government.CISA and our interagency partners will also develop procedures for ensuring that cyber incident reports are shared quickly among federal agencies, enabling faster response.CISA will work with OMB to recommend contract language that makes sharing critical data easier, including breach notification thresholds and frameworks, and requires implementation of improved security measures across federal contractors.The EO creates cybersecurity event log requirements for federal departments and agencies to improve an organization's ability to detect intrusions, mitigate those in progress, and determine the extent of an incident after the fact.Improve Investigative and Remediation Capabilities.The EO improves the ability to detect malicious cyber activity on federal networks by enabling a government-wide endpoint detection and response (EDR) system and improved information sharing within the Federal Government.Improve Detection of Cybersecurity Incidents on Federal Government Networks.The playbook will ensure all federal agencies meet a certain threshold and are prepared to take uniform steps to identify and mitigate a threat and serve as a template for the private sector to use in coordinating response efforts. The EO creates a standardized playbook and set of definitions for cyber vulnerability incident response by federal departments and agencies.Create Standardized Playbook for Responding to Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities and Incidents.This board is modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board, which is used after airplane accidents and other incidents. The EO establishes a Cyber Safety Review Board, co-chaired by government and private sector leads, with the authority to convene following a significant cyber incident to analyze what happened and make concrete recommendations for improving cybersecurity.It also creates a pilot program to create an "energy star" type of label so the government - and the public at large - can quickly determine whether software was developed securely.The EO will improve the security of software by establishing baseline security standards for development of software sold to the government, including requiring developers to maintain greater visibility into their software and making security data publicly available.The EO helps move the Federal Government to secure cloud services and a zero-trust architecture, and mandates deployment of multifactor authentication and encryption within a specific time period.Modernize and Implement Stronger Cybersecurity Standards in the Federal Government.The EO ensures that IT Service Providers are able to share information with the government and requires them to share certain breach information.Remove Barriers to Threat Information Sharing Between Government and the Private Sector.This directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director to develop recommendations to modernize regulatory review and undoes Trump’s regulatory approval process. This requires executive branch appointees to sign an ethics pledge barring them from acting in personal interest and requiring them to uphold the independence of the Department of Justice. This order extends deferrals of deportation and work authorisations for Liberians with a safe haven in the United States until June 30, 2022. This halts construction of the border wall by terminating the national emergency declaration used to fund it. This reverses Trump’s expansion of immigration enforcement within the United States. Executive order on immigration enforcement This reverses the Trump administration’s restrictions on US entry for passport holders from seven Muslim-majority countries. This fortifies the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) after Trump’s efforts to undo protections for undocumented people brought into the country as children. This requires non-citizens to be included in the Census and apportionment of congressional representatives, reversing another Trump’s policy. This prevents workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. ![]()
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