President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to address foreign use of infrastructure as a service cloud computing platforms for malicious cyber activities. The order directs the secretary of the Department of Commerce to develop rules within six months to require IaaS providers to verify the identity …
Read More »Executive Order Directs Agencies to Assess Security Risks Posed by Drones From Foreign Adversaries
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would require government agencies to review security risks associated with unmanned aircraft systems from foreign adversaries and remove from the federal fleet such drones. The order directs all federal agencies to submit a report to the Director of National Intelligence and …
Read More »White House Introduces National Maritime Cybersecurity Plan; Robert O’Brien Quoted
President Donald Trump has issued a national plan that seeks to combine cybersecurity resources and initiatives to protect the maritime transportation system from cyber threats and other vulnerabilities. The National Maritime Cybersecurity Plan recommends ways how the U.S. government will defend the country’s economy “through enhanced cybersecurity coordination, policies and practices, aimed at mitigating risks to the maritime sub-sector, promoting prosperity through information and intelligence sharing, and preserving and increasing the nation’s cyber workforce,” said National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien.
Read More »Senate Votes to Turn $740.5B Defense Policy Bill Into Law
The Senate moved to pass the $740.5B National Defense Authorization Act into law via an 81-13 vote Friday that overruled President Donald Trump’s veto of the NDAA, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Read More »House Overrides NDAA Veto, Passes Stimulus Payment Increase
The House voted 322-87 Monday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the $740.5B National Defense Authorization Act, Politico reported. The Senate is set to reconvene Tuesday to consider the annual defense policy bill, which Trump rejected a week ago over provisions that would remove from military installations the names of Confederate leaders, set restrictions on the withdrawal of U.S. warfighters from Europe and Afghanistan and provide liability protection for social media companies, also known as Section 230.
Read More »Trump Signs $2.3T Spending Package, Lawmakers Plan NDAA Veto Override Vote
President Donald Trump has signed a $2.3T spending package that would allocate $900B in funds for COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts and $1.4T to support government operations through the end of September, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Read More »Congress OKs Spending Package With $900B COVID-19 Relief Fund
A spending package that includes $900B in COVID-19 relief funds is now headed to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature after the Senate passed the bill in a 92-6 vote late Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The Senate’s decision came hours after the House voted 359-53 to approve the relief measure and a $1.4T spending bill that would fund government operations through the end of September.
Read More »Senate Passes $740.5B FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act
The Senate on Friday passed in a 84-13 vote a bill that would authorize $740.5B in defense funds for fiscal year 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The upper chamber’s vote sends the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
Read More »Nasdaq Responds to Executive Order With Plans to Delete Shares of Four Chinese Companies From Indexes
Nasdaq will move to pull out shares of four Chinese companies from the stock exchange's indexes on Dec. 21 to comply with the White House's security investment executive order, Reuters reported Saturday.
Read More »White House Unveils National Space Policy
President Donald Trump has issued a new policy that outlines plans to advance U.S. interests in space, reaffirm the country’s leadership in the space domain and adapt the U.S. national security strategy to counter aggression in space. The National Space Policy “represents a whole-of-government approach that recognizes space as a national imperative” and calls for the U.S. Space Force to improve the U.S. armed forces' capabilities to “protect our freedom of operation in, from, and to space,” Trump said in a statement published Wednesday.
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