<p>An executive order aimed at bolstering cybersecurity is still in the development phase, but that does not mean enterprises shouldn't start thinking about what it could mean for them.</p><p>The executive order is the Obama administration's response to the failure of Congress to pass cybersecurity legislation -- in particular, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. According to a White House spokesperson, the intent of the executive order is to focus on the nation's critical infrastructure. In an interview Sunday on news talk show "Platt's Energy Week," Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said that the order would establish voluntary security standards for critical infrastructure companies.</p><p>"[The President] could certainly set up the process ... for private-public sector development of these best practice standards and then he can try to create some rewards -- not as strong as he can do by legislation -- for companies that voluntarily opt into them," Lieberman explained.</p><p>According to Jose Granado, the Americas practice leader for Information Security Services at Ernst & Young, many of the company's clients fear that an executive order would impose a checklist approach to security.</p><p><a href="http://www.darkreading.com/advanced-threats/167901091/security/attacks-breaches/240008779/what-an-executive-order-on-cybersecurity-may-mean-for-enterprises.html">Keep reading...</a></p>