Know-your-customer executive order facing stiff opposition from cloud industry

The report covers a policy debate over a proposed U.S. executive order that would mandate stricter identity verification by cloud providers to prevent foreign adversaries from abusing U.S. infrastructure-as-a-service, amid strong industry pushback citing cost and efficacy concerns. It notes broader national security implications of cloud ubiquity and references the Cyber Safety Review Board’s criticism of Microsoft after a 2023 cloud-enabled intrusion, framing the effort as part of a larger push to improve cloud security governance.