Stakeholders: Biden EO shows administration’s cyber priorities, offers a map for corporate boards

President Biden’s 2021 cyber executive order provides a detailed agenda security professionals can use to make a case for investments at the corporate board level, according to industry stakeholders who discussed efforts to implement the EO to secure federal networks and its impact on businesses’ own security planning.

“This executive order has a great ability to have a greater board level discussion,” Equinix’s Michael Montoya said during a Monday panel at the Information Technology Industry Council’s cyber summit. Equinix...