{"id":23645,"date":"2021-05-13T17:44:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/13\/biden-orders-wide-cybersecurity-changes-for-government-contractors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:10:56","slug":"biden-orders-wide-cybersecurity-changes-for-government-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/newsletters\/daily-brief\/2021\/05\/13\/biden-orders-wide-cybersecurity-changes-for-government-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden orders wide cybersecurity changes for government, contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Following government cyber breaches, the Biden administration issued a cybersecurity order requiring improved protections at government agencies and prompt breach reports from federal computer network and cloud service suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The executive order signed Wednesday touches on many issues that the Defense Department is weighing to ensure adequate protections among its vast information technology supplier network, an effort driven in large part by lawmakers\u2019 alarm over recent high-profile government network compromises. For example, lawmakers ordered the DoD to assess programs to share cybersecurity information with the defense industrial base and to consider the possibility of a threat-hunting program on vendors\u2019 networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The security of the military\u2019s most sensitive information, such as weapon controls and service members\u2019 locations, rides on its cyber protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration is trying to eliminate any hesitation or contractual barriers that might prevent IT providers from sharing cyber threat information with the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFederal agencies can\u2019t defend what they can\u2019t see,\u201d a senior administration official said during a call with reporters the day Biden approved the plan. \u201cRemoving barriers to information sharing regarding threats and incidents is a fundamental first step to preventing breaches in the first place and empowering the federal government to respond when they do occur.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order follows a raft of major cyber breaches and compromises over the last year, including the wide-ranging, Russian-orchestrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2021\/01\/29\/hand-to-hand-combat-on-computer-networks-how-cyber-threat-hunters-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Solar Winds intrusion of federal systems<\/a> that compromised the supply chain; a Chinese-orchestrated operation that compromised Microsoft Exchange servers globally; and a ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline that is affecting gas supplies. Officials said the order would help detect some of these problems much faster in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCompanies need to share information about the incident, the vulnerability, what occurred. We\u2019re really focused on information that\u2019s important to be used to get out information to better help other entities defend themselves,\u201d the senior administration official said. \u201cWe\u2019re really creating a common threshold across the federal government to say let\u2019s make sure that info is shared so all can defend themselves and all can get at information to private sector stakeholders and others to enable them to defend themselves as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order requires, within six months for some agencies, advanced protections including multifactor authentication of users\u2019 identities and endpoint detection systems that constantly monitor for malicious activity and block it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFundamentally what we saw in SolarWinds was that federal government cybersecurity was not at the level needed to detect attempts to intrude and to rapidly find those that are successful,\u201d the administration official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the new order pushes the federal government to move to secure cloud services and a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2021\/04\/15\/the-pentagons-next-move-in-expanding-zero-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\"> zero-trust architecture<\/a> and mandates encryption to secure data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the event of a breach or lesser network problem, the order creates a \u201cplaybook\u201d or a standard set of definitions for cyber response by federal agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Software suppliers also must provide federal buyers with a \u201csoftware bill of materials,\u201d essentially a list of ingredients of what\u2019s inside the software. John Cofrancesco, vice president of government business for Fortress Information Security, told C4ISRNET that the bill of materials was \u201chuge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWeapon systems and platforms were once thought to be disconnected standalone systems, because they were not consistently connected to a network,\u201d Cofrancesco said. \u201cThat belief has been dispelled in large part due to the heavily reliance on software that must be updated, refreshed, loaded, downloaded and patched. Each of these present unique touch points and access points for adversaries and criminals to corrupt our systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This executive order is the first step in helping to secure supply chains and add greater transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials acknowledge that the order is limited given the authorities afforded to executive orders. 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Mark Warner, D-Virginia, chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Andrew Eversden contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new executive order aims to improve detection of malicious cyber activity on federal 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