Justice Dept. issues proposed rule to protect sensitive U.S. data from foreign adversaries, with support from CISA

The Justice Department has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to gather feedback on executing a February executive order to protect the exfiltration of sensitive bulk data of Americans from countries of concern, with support from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on proposed security requirements.

“As previewed in the Department’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) published in March, the proposed rule would establish a new national-security program to prohibit or restrict U.S. persons from engaging in certain categories...