Axios: “President Trump quietly took a red pen to much of the Biden administration’s in a little-noticed move late Friday. Why it matters: Until now, it has been unclear which Biden-era cybersecurity policies the Trump administration would keep — if any. Cybersecurity is a rare bipartisan area. It’s pretty common for new administrations to keep their predecessors’ programs in place. Driving the news: Under an executive order signed just before the weekend, Trump is tossing out some of the major touchstones of Biden’s cyber policy legacy — while keeping a few others.
- The order preserves efforts around post-quantum cryptography, advanced encryption standards, and border gateway protocol security, along with the Cyber Trust Mark program — an Energy Star-type labeling initiative for consumer smart devices.
- But hallmark programs tied to software bills of materials, zero-trust implementation, and space contractor cybersecurity requirements have been either rescinded or left in limbo.
- The new executive order amends both the Biden cyber executive order signed in January and an Obama administration order.