The latest cybersecurity executive order, issued in June of 2025, aims to streamline past administrations' cybersecurity executive actions and strip mandates seen as overly prescriptive or ideological. It also introduces new guidelines and mandates to strengthen cyber practices within the government and private sector.

Key Updates to Historical Guidance

The order updates sanctioning policies from the Obama administration that allow the government to financially punish people involved in hacking activities that harm U.S. national security. This latest order "limits the application of cyber sanctions only to foreign malicious actors" to prevent the "misuse against domestic political opponents."

Cyber guidance issued in the waning days of the Biden administration encouraged government agencies to ramp up use of digital ID technologies. The latest EO strikes this mandate based on the belief that digital ID could lead to greater fraud and abuse. Continue reading →