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Cybersecurity Bill Gets New Life in Senate

posted by LaminatorX on Friday December 05 2014, @11:57AM   
from the series-of-tubes dept.

Serp Kannella writes:

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."

• Re:Mandatory reporting of attacks Re:Mandatory reporting of attacks (Score: 2) by Leebert on Saturday December 06 2014, @12:10AM

  by Leebert (3511) on Saturday December 06 2014, @12:10AM (#123057)

  If you think that's funny and not sad, you clearly don't work in government infosec. Because I've seen exactly that.

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• Re:Mandatory reporting of attacks (Score: 1) by SecurityGuy on Tuesday December 09 2014, @05:39PM

  by SecurityGuy (1453) on Tuesday December 09 2014, @05:39PM (#124285)

  You might note that nowhere did I say it was funny. I wasn't kidding.

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