On April 27, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a draft guide to be used by federal agencies in vetting vendors. According to FCW, Chris DeRusha, federal chief information…
On February 7, 2023, President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address to the United States (U.S.). Biden addressed many issues facing the nation, including the privacy rights of U.S. citizens. First, Biden affirmed the importance of…
ADCG reported that on October 7, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to support a data transfer agreement between the European Union (EU) and United States (US). On October 24, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report titled…
House Advances American Data Privacy and Protection Act In a landmark step forward for consumer data privacy, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to move forward with the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) last week. Lawmakers…
American Data Privacy and Protection Act Moves Forward Last week, on June 23, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce began marking up the ADPPA. The bill’s sponsors call the markup process the next “major” step toward passing the…
Last week, California lawmakers met to discuss ways to further the protection of children related to the California Age Appropriate Design Code Bill (AB 2273), which was introduced on February 16, 2022, by California State Assembly members Buffy Wicks (D)…
NIST Releases Cybersecurity Supply Chain Guidance The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released guidance on supply chain cybersecurity this week in response to the Biden administration’s Executive Order 14028—Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The guidance, Software Supply Chain Security…
On March 25, the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a joint statement announcing a preliminary replacement for the Privacy Shield framework. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework will allow data transfers between…
On February 22, 2022, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a request for comments and information (RFI) on how to improve NIST Cybersecurity Resources: The Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). CSF provides organizations with standards, guidelines, and best practices…
On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets, which outlines the federal government’s comprehensive strategy for the treatment of cryptocurrency. In this order, the White House stated that in November 2021,…
