On May 11, 2017, President Donald Trump signed a new Executive
Order on cybersecurity entitled Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal
Networks and Critical Infrastructure. The new order is split up
into three sections, and addresses cybersecurity in (1) federal
networks, (2) critical infrastructure, and (3) the nation.
SECTION 1 – CYBERSECURITY OF FEDERAL NETWORKS
Under Section 1, entitled "Cybersecurity of Federal
Networks," the President announced he "will hold heads of
executive departments and agencies (agency heads) accountable for
managing cybersecurity risk to their enterprises." Agency
heads will be "held accountable by the President for
implementing risk management measures commensurate with the risk
and magnitude of the harm that would result from unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction
of IT and data." Agency heads will also be "held
accountable by the President for ensuring that cybersecurity risk
management
