Following last week’s release of an executive order aimed at strengthening the cybersecurity posture of government and private-sector systems in an era of increasingly advanced AI (artificial intelligence), the Executive Office of the President published a Federal Register notice directing federal agencies to work with the private sector to bolster the security of government and commercial information systems as AI capabilities become more widely deployed.
Executive Order 14409 states that increasingly capable AI systems introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies, while establishing U.S. policy to promote AI innovation and security through collaboration with industry, protection of American intellectual property from adversaries, and modernization of digital infrastructure against external threats.
Published Friday, the order sets in motion a series of government actions focused on advanced AI and cybersecurity, including the development of voluntary partnerships with frontier AI developers, expanded use of AI-enabled defensive capabilities, and measures intended to accelerate the deployment of secure technologies across federal environments.
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