The new cybersecurity executive order seeks to put teeth behind the secure software development standards that federal vendors are supposed to be following.

In the wake of several high profile cyber attacks against American telecommunications companies, health systems, and even the U.S. Treasury, the Biden Administration will soon announce new rules for holding hackers accountable,

“The Biden Administration’s final Cybersecurity Executive Order clearly signals a new era of vigilance against foreign interference, as it specifically calls out China’s persistent cyber threat – mirroring similar concerns about active insider attacks from North Korea (DPRK).