Trump administration takes aim at Biden and Obama cybersecurity rules
President Donald Trump has signed An executive order On Friday, which the cyber security policy is re -over and reverses, Barack Obama and Joe Biden from Cyber Security went back.
In A white house facteel ruleThe administration claims that Biden Executive Order 14144 – signed days before the end of his presidency – was an attempt “to sneak problematic and distracting issues in cyber security policy.”
The order of Biden has encouraged, among other things, to “consider” considering “digital identity documents” when programs for public benefits require ID. Trump struck that part of the order, where the White House now says that this approach risks “widespread abuse by illegal immigrants to get the public benefits.”
Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, said polico That “the fixation on withdrawal of digital ID mandates prioritizing gives doubtful immigration benefits over proven cyber security.”
On AI, Trump The requirements of Biden removed Around testing the use of AI to defend energy infrastructure, to finance federal research programs around AI protection and lead the Pentagon to use “AI models for cyber protection”.
The White House describes its movements on AI as the re -concentration of AI -Cyber’s security strategy “to identify and manage vulnerabilities instead of censorship.” (Trump’s Silicon Valley -Bondenbaden have repeatedly complained about the threat of AI “censorship”.)
The order of Trump has also removed the requirements that agencies are starting to use quantum -resistant coding “as fast as executable”. And it removed the requirements that federal contractors confirm the security of their software -the White House describes those requirements as “unproven and difficult software booking processes that give priority to compliance checklists over real security investments.”
Even further back, the executive command of Trump Obama’s policy on sanctions for cyber security attacks on the United States draws; These sanctions can now only be applied to ‘foreign malignant actors’. The White House says that this will prevent “abuse against domestic political opponents” and clarifies that “sanctions do not apply to election -related activities.”
