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Hot on the heels of the latest Sony hack, the seemingly-dormant National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act passed by the House is expecting movement within the Senate.
If passed, the bill would allow private companies to share cybersecurity data with the Department of Homeland Security. The bill also outlines Homeland Security’s role in American cybersecurity and would reauthorize the department’s authorities.
The bill would also give legal protection to private companies that share information with the federal government. All government agencies would also be required to tell Homeland Security about any cyberattack.
What would constitute a "cyberattack" from a corporation's perspective? To paraphrase Rahm Emanuel, "Never let a serious crisis go to waste."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 05 2014, @12:01PM
First rule of tabloid journalism. Never let a story run unbiased!
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 05 2014, @12:18PM
Silly AC, that was about as neutrally-worded as I've seen any coverage of the bill to date. MSM are cheerleaders for it and those in the tech sector generally want it killed with fire.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 05 2014, @12:35PM
What constitutes neutrality from an Uncle Tom Soyer's perspective? Every corporation is evil incarnate, except The Soylent Corporation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 05 2014, @12:41PM
Mod up, mod up, Buzzard's mighty insightful cock isn't stiff enough yet. Show those ACs who's really in charge of this heap of shit.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 05 2014, @04:32PM
How would you know? Did I leave my webcam plugged in again? Damnit!
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday December 05 2014, @04:38PM
When you say "those in the tech sector", are you referring to:
- management of cyber-security businesses who stand to gain customers by this?
- academic and professional security experts who might well disdain attempts to hide breaches rather than fix the problem?
- CTOs and other IT executives of big corporations whose systems have more holes than a cheese grater and fear getting caught?
- polled programmers and admins and QA analysts, who might either get a bunch of jobs fixing the problem or might lose a bunch of jobs for causing it?
- software vendors like Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, who might stand to gain if this forces people to upgrade their software?
I could keep going, but I doubt the "tech sector" is a homogenous group on this issue with so many interests tugging both ways.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 05 2014, @04:44PM
Meant journalistic sites/publications that primarily cover tech-related matters.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.