President Biden's last-minute executive order on cybersecurity sparks debate. Is it a crucial step or a challenge for the incoming administration?

President Joe Biden issued an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation's cybersecurity and making it easier to go after foreign adversaries or hacking groups that try to compromise U.

The president’s new cyber EO aims to bolster the open-source software agencies use and update requirements for software providers that sell to the government.

“The Biden Administration’s final Cybersecurity Executive Order clearly signals a new era of vigilance against foreign interference, as it specifically calls out China’s persistent cyber threat – mirroring similar concerns about active insider attacks from North Korea (DPRK).

One of President Biden's final moves in office is aimed at shoring up critical infrastructure from cyberattacks.

President Biden signs executive order to strengthen national cybersecurity in last days in office - SiliconANGLE

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday to improve cybersecurity around the country in an effort to protect the privacy of users and help shield them from cyberattacks.

The order is designed to make it more difficult and expensive for bad actors to target American institutions and organizations online. It is intended to make sanctions against them more effective.

Days before leaving office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to shore up the United States' cybersecurity by making it easier to sanction hacking groups targeting federal agencies and the nation's critical infrastructure.

President Joe Biden signed an order aimed at strengthening federal computer networks in the wake of damaging espionage intrusions by the Chinese government.