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posted by Fnord666 on Friday September 27 2019, @09:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the cracker-jack dept.

The US Congress has, near enough, approved a law bill to create a new set of dedicated cyber-security teams within the Department of Homeland Security.

On Tuesday, the Senate passed S.315, also known as the DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019, a bipartisan measure that funds the creation of both investigation and response teams at various agencies within the department.

According to co-sponsors Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), the legislation is aimed to not only create teams for investigations within Homeland Security, but also outside using the private sector. In addition to creating these teams, the bill will authorize spending to bring in private companies when needed.

[...] Having passed the Senate, the bill heads to the House for final approval before being sent to be signed into law by the President. As The Hill notes, a passage in the House is likely, as the Senate bill is a modified version of one the House voted in favor of back in June.

[...] "Our cyber response teams play an important role in protecting against cyber threats, reducing cybersecurity risks, and helping to get our cyber infrastructure back up and running after an attack occurs," Portman said of the bill.

"I am glad the Senate passed our bipartisan legislation and I hope we send it to the president’s desk soon so that we can strengthen our response efforts in the event of a cyberattack."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 27 2019, @03:12PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 27 2019, @03:12PM (#899579)

    You could have almost finished the sub by the time you made that comment!

    Recurse here.

  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday September 27 2019, @04:55PM (2 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday September 27 2019, @04:55PM (#899637) Journal
    If I submit it, I cannot release it. But you could have submitted it also in the time it took you to make your comments, and then I could have released it.
    • (Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Friday September 27 2019, @07:08PM (1 child)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Friday September 27 2019, @07:08PM (#899676) Journal

      Ha ha! Funny! The very idea of janrinok publishing submissions! Ha ha ha!!

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday September 28 2019, @11:14AM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday September 28 2019, @11:14AM (#899876) Journal

        Even funnier, the idea that janrinok might actually allow any submissions critical of the alt-right, the New Right, the Alternative for Europe, or that racist fuck Brit party, what's it called? Manchester United? No, they are fine blokes! England for Danes? No, that is so Tenth Century. The ferking racist goddamned bloody Tories! [independent.co.uk]

        Most of them are Angles, not Britons or Icenii or Gaels or Welsh or Cornish or even Saxons or the Dark Irish. Bloody Germanics.