President Trump Amends Previous Cybersecurity Executive Orders: Here Is What You Need To Know

On Friday, June 6, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on national cybersecurity. The order amended and struck several provisions in Executive Orders 13694 and 14144, which were respectively issued by President Obama in 2015 and by President Biden in early 2025. The biggest changes were in the areas of software security, post-quantum cryptography, digital identity, fraud management, and AI. In some cases, Trump’s EO dropped technology specifics for certain guidelines.