While businesses build cybersecurity fortresses for themselves, there are several vulnerabilities at touchpoints with manufacturers, suppliers, global partners and other service providers to consider.

Benjamin Ruddell, Professor in the School of Informatics, Computing & Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University, offers advice to both the private and public sectors on how best to carry out President Biden’s recent executive order on creating more resilient supply chains for essential goods.

President Biden’s executive order reaffirming the “Buy American” policy for federal government contracting is meant to close the loopholes that have permitted some foreign sourcing of goods and services. But can U.S. manufacturers step up the pace of production to take advantage of the action?

With the pandemic still raging and the U.S. domestic economy slumping, how will President Biden address critical issues of international trade?