On May 11, 2017, the Administration Trump issued an executive order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure.
The executive order contains three sections. The first section deals with cybersecurity of federal networks. Agencies shall implement the NIST framework for risk management and risk reduction, federal IT for shared services shall use the cloud to be more efficient.
The second section deals with critical infrastructure cybersecurity effort. The President orders the heads of several agencies to identify measures to defend and secure the nation’s most critical infrastructures, utilities, financial and healthcare systems, and telecommunications networks.
The third section deals with Cybersecurity for the Nation. The President asked for reports that shall help to come up with a plan to ensure that “the internet remains valuable for future generations”. The order aims at promoting “an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet that fosters efficiency, innovation, communication, and economic prosperity, while respecting privacy and guarding against disruption, fraud, and theft.”
The executive order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov…
The Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov…
Originally published on Technethics on May 2017