On April 1, 2015, President Obama issued an Executive Order declaring that the threats caused by “malicious cyber-enabled activities” had created a state of national emergency.  The order launches a sanctions program targeting foreign cyber attackers, allowing regulators to freeze assets and bar financial transactions, among other things.  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partners Alexander Southwell, Judith Lee, Jose Fernandez and associates Stephenie Gosnell Handler and Eric Lorber discussed the impact of this important order and these new tools with the Cybersecurity Law Report.