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Lame Ducking Cybersecurity
With less than a week to go until the midterm elections, there’s a bit of a buzz about the potential of a cyber bill lurking its way into an already-slated lame duck session.
And while some remain hopeful to hear a late-November Senate cyber debate, according to NextGov, Hill aides and ACLU affiliates are expecting otherwise.
At a Heritage Foundation forum on cybersecurity held earlier this week, Louis Tucker, Senate Intelligence Committee minority staff director, and Michelle Richardson, a legislative council for the ACLU, advised the Obama administration to step up and offer a proposal that would engage both sides of the aisle to work together to pass cyber legislation.
But while offering up certain suggestions to move a bill through the Senate, Tucker added “I’m not optimistic of major cybersecurity legislation passing in this upcoming lame duck.”
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Facing Cyber Spooks
Just in time for Halloween, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) unleashed a “scary reality” of the nation’s cyber vulnerabilities in an op-ed featured on The Hill’s Congress Blog.
Recognizing the month as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Sen. Carper advised that there is a growing threat of cyber terrorists and hackers capable of bringing down “everything from power plants to military installations with a few key strokes.”
“We have to do more to protect our critical information networks,” Carper added, noting that he will continue to work with his Congressional colleagues to pass the much-talked-about Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010, a comprehensive bill he co-sponsored with Sens. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Me.)
Meanwhile, it seems another cyber threat is looming for the government, as well as visitors to a certain dot-gov domain.
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Abstinence: The Best Cybersecurity
Happy Friday and welcome back, Cybersecurity News readers! Thanks for sticking with me during my brief hiatus (otherwise known as a European vacation).
I had every intention of keeping you all informed with the latest cybersecurity news during my travels, but with the British on high alert for cyber attack threats, and with Italy racking in a record for mobile cyber attacks, I figured Internet abstinence was probably my best choice for cybersecurity abroad.
…Thus I opted on the Swiss Alps and Roman ruins instead… (And to my loyal readers, I offer up this link to a few photos of my travels.)
I hope you’ve been enjoying a cyber safe National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. And to recap us all, I’ve included below a list of cybersecurity headlines that you may have missed in my absence.
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