{"id":1670,"date":"2025-06-18T08:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:53:27","slug":"cybersecurity-takes-a-big-hit-in-new-trump-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/cybersecurity-takes-a-big-hit-in-new-trump-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity practitioners are voicing concerns over a recent executive order issued by the White House that guts requirements for: securing software the government uses, punishing people who compromise sensitive networks, preparing new encryption schemes that will withstand attacks from quantum computers, and other existing controls.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/06\/sustaining-select-efforts-to-strengthen-the-nations-cybersecurity-and-amending-executive-order-13694-and-executive-order-14144\/\">executive order<\/a>\u00a0(EO), issued on June 6, reverses several key cybersecurity orders put in place by President Joe Biden, some as recently as a few days before his term ended in January. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/06\/sustaining-select-efforts-to-strengthen-the-nations-cybersecurity-and-amending-executive-order-13694-and-executive-order-14144\/\">statement<\/a>\u00a0that accompanied Donald Trump&#8217;s EO said the Biden directives &#8220;attempted to sneak problematic and distracting issues into cybersecurity policy&#8221; and amounted to &#8220;political football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Specific orders Trump dropped or relaxed included ones mandating (1) federal agencies and contractors adopt products with quantum-safe encryption as they become available in the marketplace, (2) a stringent Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) for software and services used by federal agencies and contractors, (3) the adoption of phishing-resistant regimens such as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/civis\/threads\/lapsus-and-solar-winds-hackers-both-use-the-same-old-trick-to-bypass-mfa.1483319\/\">WebAuthn standard<\/a>\u00a0for logging into networks used by contractors and agencies, (4) the implementation new tools for securing Internet routing through the Border Gateway Protocol, and (5) the encouragement of digital forms of identity.<\/p>\n<p>In many respects, executive orders are at least as much performative displays as they are a vehicle for creating sound policy. Biden&#8217;s cybersecurity directives were mostly in this second camp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/06\/cybersecurity-take-a-big-hit-in-new-trump-executive-order\/\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: ARS Technica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity practitioners are voicing concerns over a recent executive order issued by the White House that guts requirements for: securing software the government uses, punishing people who compromise sensitive networks, preparing new encryption schemes that will withstand attacks from quantum computers, and other existing controls. 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