Cybersecurity
Biden Signs Memo to Defend Industrial Controls From Hackers
- New cyber goals aimed at critical infrastructure providers
- Guidance builds on Biden’s effort to tighten cyber defenses
Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg
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The Biden administration on Wednesday will release a national security memorandum aimed at improving voluntary cybersecurity standards for companies that provide critical services.
The memorandum directs the Department of Homeland Security and the Treasury Department to create baseline cybersecurity goals for all critical infrastructure sectors. It also establishes an Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative, a partnership between the federal government and companies that run industrial control systems.