
President Biden on Tuesday directed the Department of Homeland Security to impose new cybersecurity requirements on owners and operators of maritime infrastructure in the U.S. to further strengthen the nation’s cyber posture and the supply chain. Biden’s executive order gives the Coast Guard authority to respond to cybersecurity threats in U.S. ports to include requiring facilities to close gaps and vulnerabilities, control the movement of vessels that may present a cyber threat, and enable the service’s commandant to prescribe measures…