Senate Approves the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
Posted on Oct 29, 2015 in Government | Comments Off on Senate Approves the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
On October 27, 2015, the Senate approved the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The vote was 74 to 21 in support of the bill. The bill provides certain liability protections to companies that share cybersecurity information with one another and the federal government to help protect against cybersecurity threats. Some amendments were adopted, including a ten-year sunset...
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Approves Protecting Cyber Networks Act
Posted on Mar 30, 2015 in Government | Comments Off on U.S. House Intelligence Committee Approves Protecting Cyber Networks Act
On Thursday, March 26, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee unanimously approved the text of the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R. 1560), two days after it had been introduced. The bill is similar, but not identical, to the Senate’s Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA”), which was passed by the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18. It is...
Senate Holds Cybersecurity Information Sharing Hearing
Posted on Jan 29, 2015 in Government | Comments Off on Senate Holds Cybersecurity Information Sharing Hearing
On January 28, 2015, cybersecurity information sharing was the focus of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ first hearing in the 114th Congress. In the wake of high-profile cyber attacks on Sony, Target, and JPMorgan, the testifying industry executives and security experts urged Congress to pass an information sharing bill that will better detect and...
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