Biden Administration Beseeches Business Leaders – Better Cybersecurity Now

Last week, after weeks and months of advisories and admonitions relating to recent ransomware attacks, the White House issued an extraordinary letter to "Corporate Executives and Business Leaders" urging them:

To understand your risk, immediately convene their leadership teams to discuss the ransomware threat and review the corporate security posture and business continuity plans to ensure you have the ability to continue or quickly restore operations.

(Emphasis added).

The letter also stated that the private sector has a critical responsibility to protect against threats and to "ensure [the] corporate cyber defenses match the threat." Referring back to the recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity, the letter strongly urged business leaders to implement these "high impact" best practices: