Author: Braxton Taylor

Obama- and Biden-era cybersecurity rules will no longer be used to punish Americans and U.S. firms who engage in malicious cyber activities, nor used to deter election meddling, among other changes ordered up by President Trump on Friday.Trump’s order, the latest of his second-term cybersecurity mandates, rolls back an order that the State and Treasury departments have used to financially punish people who supported attacks that harmed U.S. national security.The late-Friday order “limits the application of cyber sanctions only to foreign malicious actors” and prevents “misuse against domestic political opponents and clarifying that sanctions do not apply to election-related activities,” according to an press release.The provision reflects longstanding claims by Trump and…

Google Pla Apple PodcastsGuests: Philippe Lavigne, a retired French general, was Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force from 2018 to 2021, then NATO’s transformation chief for three years. As media partner for this year’s 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlefield and geopolitical upheaval. Read the full article here