The Executive Order pushes federal agencies to modernize cybersecurity by rapidly adopting cloud services, Zero Trust architecture, MFA and encryption for data at rest and in transit. Pages 3 and 4 outline urgent timelines, requiring updated cloud plans within 60 days and full MFA and encryption within 180 days. The paper emphasizes securing cloud workloads, protecting the software supply chain and isolating keys in hardware roots of trust. Thales supports these mandates with MFA, centralized key management, HSM based roots of trust, data discovery, strong encryption and high assurance network protection to meet Zero Trust goals.

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