The White House looks to implement cloud security framework

 

The Biden administration is looking to create and implement the nation’s first comprehensive plan to regulate the security practices of cloud service providers like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, which are entrusted with highly sensitive data from government institutions and private businesses.  

The White House asserts that a thorough regulatory framework is needed to prevent potential system collapses and unwanted data leaks and stop foreign hackers from renting space on U.S. cloud servers.

  • Kemba Walden, Acting National Cyber Director, says that the cloud has “become essential to our daily lives” but that if disrupted, “could create large potentially catastrophic disruptions to our economy and to our government.” 
  • A cloud collapse could bar hospitals from accessing medical records, shut down transportation infrastructure, manipulate the software behind the stock market, and wipe out databases used by businesses and public sector organizations. 
  • The Biden administration recently announced plans to mandate cloud providers to verify user identity to prevent such hackers from renting U.S. cloud infrastructure. 
  • In January 2021, the Trump administration passed Executive Order 13984, which “addresses the threat posed by the use of U.S. cloud infrastructure by foreign malicious cyber actors to conduct malicious cyber-enabled activities.” Although this order was passed, it has not been properly implemented due to a lack of funds that were to be provided by the Commerce Department.

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