Biden Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order After Colonial Pipeline Hack

Biden Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order After Colonial Pipeline Hack
Vice President Kamala Harris (L) listens as President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, on May 10, 2021. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order that he says will improve the nation’s cybersecurity, following a hack of the computer systems linked to the Colonial Pipeline.

Biden’s broad executive order, which the administration has been working on for months, seeks to better equip federal agencies with cybersecurity tools and also encourages improvements in cybersecurity standards across the private sector.