Krebs on Biden's cybersecurity executive order: 'It's a really ambitious plan'
Christopher Krebs, the nation's former top cybersecurity official, said President Biden's executive order aimed at improving federal cybersecurity is "a really ambitious plan," in the wake of the U.S.'s Colonial Pipeline being targeted of a ransomware attack.
Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that requires the establishment of baseline cybersecurity standards for all software sold to the federal government. it also calls on all software utilized by the government to meet those standards within nine months.
According to a senior administration official, the executive order, which has been in the works since early in the administration, is meant to serve as an example to the private sector of the federal government taking the lead on strengthening cybersecurity.
Krebs told host John Dickerson on CBS' "Face the Nation" that if the order is implemented properly, it should be effective.
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The government is leading America, laying the roadmap for industry to follow. In 9 months, we will see the fruits of this action by JRB! 