Stakeholders see benefits from Trump’s cyber EO on regulatory approach, setting up guidance

Industry stakeholders praised the Trump administration’s changes to a Biden-era cyber executive order, which streamlines some of the requirements for federal agencies by making targeted cuts to different taskings.

"President Trump's recent executive order on cybersecurity will help deliver a more secure digital ecosystem,” said Henry Young, senior director of policy at the Business Software Alliance. Trump’s June 6 EO makes specific cuts to directives in former President Biden’s EO 14144 signed on Jan. 16.

Young said, “By...