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...
CFTC Holds Cybersecurity Roundtable March 18
Posted on Mar 24, 2015 in Financial Services | Comments Off on CFTC Holds Cybersecurity Roundtable March 18
As noted in our previous entry, staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a Public Roundtable on Cybersecurity and System Safeguards Testing on March 18, 2015. The Roundtable, which included participants from the private sector and government agencies, could be a kick-off event for a larger CFTC initiative to address issues related to cybersecurity. The Roundtable...
President Obama Signs Executive Order Promoting Cybersecurity Information Sharing in the Private Sector
Posted on Feb 14, 2015 in Government | Comments Off on President Obama Signs Executive Order Promoting Cybersecurity Information Sharing in the Private Sector
On February 13, 2015, President Obama signed an Executive Order designed to encourage private companies and organizations to share information on cyber threats among themselves, and with the federal government, on a voluntary basis. The President signed the order as part of a speech given at a Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Summit held at Stanford University. This order is part...
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