Biden Issues Executive Order Bolstering U.S. Cybersecurity

With just days left in the White House, President Biden has issued an executive order aimed at strengthening U.S. cybersecurity, which requires software vendors to prove that they’re using secure development practices in order to win or retain government contracts. 

Although the larger goal is to strengthen the country against cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran among others, Biden’s order singled out China as the “most active and persistent threat” to the U.S. government, private sector, and infrastr…