Draft Biden Executive Order Requires Fed Contractors to Issue Swift Breach Notifications, Sources
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The Biden administration plans to require companies doing business with the federal government to report hacks to their networks within a few days, according to a draft cybersecurity executive order, sources say.
The order would also require companies that work with the U.S. government to meet certain software standards and require improvements for federal agencies’ basic security practices, including mandating data encryption and two-factor authentication. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the order would contain nearly a dozen items.
According to one official, software vendors would be required to secure their so-called build systems by ensuring they aren’t accessible to the internet and that the identity of workers who access the code is protected by two-factor authentication, among other measures. The order would require software companies to provide the governm…
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