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Congress, DoD and North Korea Move on Cyber
While much of Capitol Hill was busy with the budget this week, two congresswomen came together to put forth a new House cybersecurity bill.
Similar to the bill Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and seven of his Senate colleagues released at the beginning of the month, Reps. Mary Bono Mack (R-Cali.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday unveiled their version of the “Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information and Technology Act of 2012,” or the SECURE IT Act, for short.
Adding to the growing list of cyber bills already introduced in Congress this year, Reps. Bono Mack and Blackburn’s bill intends to Read more…
Cyber Attacks Up for Public and Private Review
Cyber attacks are on the rise, according to a range of sources around the globe, with everyone from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to the UK-based BBC News this week surveying the cyber landscape to determine how best to handle a hack.
In a newly released annual report to Congress, the OMB offered up its assessment of cybersecurity at the federal level – and the results showed mixed reviews.
The report, issued under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), addressed the strengths and weaknesses of federal cybersecurity for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, touting a list of accomplishments and proposing plans to overcome obstacles. Read more…
Alternative Senate Cyber Bill and the RSA Conference Recap
As promised in February, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), alongside seven of his Republican colleagues, rolled out yet another Senate cybersecurity bill late last week.
The bill, which is an alternative to the recently-released bipartisan Cybersecurity Act of 2012, has been dubbed the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information and Technology Act of 2012, or the SECURE IT Act, and aims to provide greater US cybersecurity through fewer regulations.
Suggesting that some of the private sector’s collaboration with the government should come on a voluntary basis, the bill intends to enhance information sharing and threat reporting relationships by updating the federal government’s security standards, strengthening cyber crime statutes and undertaking greater cybersecurity research and development efforts. Read more…
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