Executive Order 14409 on AI innovation and security

Summary

The executive order seeks to promote advanced artificial intelligence innovation and security by modernising public and private information systems and hardening them against external threats, in collaboration with the private sector and without new regulatory burdens on developers. Within 30 days the Committee on National Security Systems and the Department of War must prioritise the cyber defence of their systems; CISA must issue Binding Operational Directives and other guidance to protect federal civilian systems, expand AI-enabled defensive tools and facilitate access to them for state and local authorities and critical infrastructure operators such as rural hospitals, community banks and local utilities. The Treasury, with the NSA and CISA, must form a voluntary AI cybersecurity clearinghouse with the AI industry and critical infrastructure operators to scan for, validate and remediate software vulnerabilities. Within 60 days agencies must develop a classified benchmarking process for the advanced cyber capabilities of AI models, setting the threshold at which a model becomes a covered frontier model, and a voluntary framework through which developers can give the government access to such models up to 30 days before release to other trusted partners, while ruling out any mandatory licensing or preclearance. The Attorney General must prioritise prosecuting anyone who uses AI, including AI agents, to access computer systems or data unlawfully.

Information

Jurisdiction

United States

Issuing body

President of the United States

Type

Decree

Available languages

English

Topics

• Artificial intelligence
• Digital public administration
• Critical infrastructure
• Cybercrime and criminal law
• Skills and training

Notes

Signed on 2 June 2026 and published in the Federal Register on 5 June 2026. The July and August 2026 dates are calculated from the 30- and 60-day deadlines set by the order; whether CISA's directives have been issued, the clearinghouse set up and the voluntary framework defined is still to be verified.

President of the United States. (2026). Executive Order 14409 – Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security (EO 14409, 91 FR 34565). https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/

President of the United States. "Executive Order 14409 – Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security." 2 June 2026. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/.

@misc{us_eo_14409_ai_innovation_security_2026,
  author       = {{President of the United States}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 14409 – Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {EO 14409, 91 FR 34565},
  url          = {https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/},
  urldate      = {2026-10-29}
}