A National Security Parting Gift to the New Administration: Additional Burdens for IT Supply Chains and Infrastructure as a Service
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/21
On January 19, 2021, we saw the publication of both an interim final rule from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to address the security of the U.S. supply chain for information technology (the Rule)1 and a new cyber-security executive order (the Order),2 both issued under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). These issuances represent the final regulatory efforts by the outgoing Trump administration to exercise enhanced national security oversight over...
By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati