President Donald Trump signed an executive order On Friday, reviewing and receding cybersecurity policies that his Democratic predecessors, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
In A sheet of white house factsThe administration claims that Biden’s Executive Order 14144 – Signed days before the end of his presidency, it was an attempt to “strain problem problems and distract cybersecurity policy problems”.
Among other things, Biden’s order encouraged agencies to “consider accepting digital identity documents” when public benefits programs require identification. Trump reached this part of the order, and the White House now said that this approach risks widespread abuse, allowing illegal immigrants improperly accessing public benefits. “
However, Mark Montgomery, principal director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies on cyber and technological innovation, told politico That “the fixation of revoking digital identification mandates is to prioritize the benefits of questionable immigration about the proven cybersecurity benefits.”
Is Oh, Trump removed Biden’s requirements Around the test of the use of the AI to defend energy infrastructure, finance federal research programs around the AI safety, and directing the Pentagon to “use AI models for cybersecurity”.
The White House describes its movements in the AI as a reflection of the Cybersecurity Strategy of the AI ”towards the identification and management of vulnerabilities, instead of censorship”. (Trump’s Silicon Valley Allies have He repeatedly complained about the threat of Ai’s “censorship”.That)
Trump’s order also eliminated the requirements that agencies begin to use quantum encryption “as soon as possible”. And he eliminated the requirements that federal contractors demonstrates the security of their software: the White House describes these requirements as “non -proved and heavy software accounting processes that prioritized compliance control lists for genuine safety investments.”
Returning even more, Trump’s executive order repeals Obama’s policies around sanctions for cybersecurity attacks in the United States; These sanctions can now only be applied to “foreign malicious actors”. The White House says this will prevent “misuse against domestic political opponents” and will clarify that “sanctions do not apply to election activities.”
