The Biden-Harris Administration made cybersecurity a top priority when President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14028 indicating that preventing, detecting, assessing, and remediating cybersecurity incidents in federal government networks would be a focus. Since the signing of EO 14028, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Cyber-Fraud Initiative, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security formed a Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its intention to seek enforcement actions against organizations that fail to mitigate known cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Since all signs indicate the government will continue its focus on improving cybersecurity related to the services and products provided by government contractors, organizations should prepare for heightened scrutiny from multiple government agencies over their organizational cybersecurity standards and incident responses.
On October 6, 2021, the DOJ announced its new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative team would use the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients. The initiative seeks to hold individuals and entities accountable who put U.S. systems and information at risk by:
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