Reid Plans to Tackle

artappraiser — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:39:35 +0000

In reply to US digs in for cyber warfare

Reid Plans to Tackle Cybersecurity Bill in Lame Duck Session
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2012-10-16

Sen. Harry Reid says he will bring up cybersecurity legislation in the lame duck session.

In response to a speech by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta last week saying that legislation was needed to prevent a potential 9/11-like cyberattack, Reed seconded that warning. [....]

A primarily Democrat-backed version of cybersecurity legislation, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, focuses on establishing minimum standards for critical infrastructure protection, while a Republican version, the SECURE IT Act, focuses on information sharing. One of the main stumbling blocks for Republicans in the Democratic version was the fear that those standards would morph from guidelines to mandates that would deny companies the flexibility to move quickly to respond to evolving threats.

The two sides agree there is a cyberthreat from nation states, hackers and hacktivists, but could not agree on a compromise between the two bills. [....]

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Reid Plans to Tackle