by: Carl Franzen | The Verge

President Obama on Tuesday signed a new cybersecurity executive order, allowing the government to share more information it has on so-called national "cyber threats" with private companies, namely infrastructure providers.

Obama introduced the order during the State of the Union address, saying "America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks," also calling upon Congress to pass legislation to "give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks." As the President said: