To judge the efficacy of the Executive Order 13636, “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyber-security”, which was signed by President Obama in February of 2013, the success criteria should be whether the three main aspects of the legislation have been met, which are the: sharing of threat information between private and public institutions; privacy of general public; and mitigation of critical infrastructure to cyber-attacks. This is illustrated by highlighting the current reviews about its implementation by critics and supporters.

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