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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, @06:33PM
Que in the Dog.
We can now have him run a new Cyber Security company and start to bash heads.
Might run for a couple of seasons at least.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 05 2014, @07:34PM
i know you're joking but that is a very good point about the actual danger here, because private sec like private military don't really have to follow the same rules as the gov sector.