Reply to post: Executive Order for Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity posture, oops thats the USA, not Oz

Executive Order for Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity posture, oops thats the USA, not Oz

Meanwhile in the USA....I would like to sell them a government load of FooCrypt, to satisfy their 6 months deadline ;)

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-quantum-mitigation-mark-a-lane

United States: The White House: Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity

https://lnkd.in/e_bnsQH published yesterday May 12, 2021

This is a large document (8,000 words) and I note that the word "Encryption" appears 7 times, in §3(d) and §4(e) and §8(b), quoting portions of each below.

§3(d)

Within 180 days of the date of this order, agencies shall adopt multi-factor authentication and encryption for data at rest and in transit, to the maximum extent consistent with Federal records laws and other applicable laws.

§4(e)

Within 90 days of publication of the preliminary guidelines pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of Commerce acting through the Director of NIST, in consultation with the heads of such agencies as the Director of NIST deems appropriate, shall issue guidance identifying practices that enhance the security of the software supply chain.

§8(b)

Logs shall be protected by cryptographic methods to ensure integrity once collected and periodically verified against the hashes throughout their retention.