Tag: CISA

Cybercrime / Cybersecurity / Legislation

CISA Passes as Part of Omnibus Spending Bill

Congress recently passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) as part of Division N of H.R. 2029, Public Law 114-113 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, (CAA). As previously reported, on October 27, 2015 the United States Senate passed a different version of CISA, S.754, which without requiring such information sharing, would create a system for federal, state and local agencies to receive threat information from private companies in real time and for the private sector to receive such information in addition and as… Continue Reading
Cybersecurity / Legislation

Controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Passes Senate, Will Likely Become Law

On October 27, 2015, the United States Senate passed S.754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA or the Act) 74-21. Without requiring such information sharing, CISA would create a system for federal agencies to receive threat information from private companies in real time. However, the bill is not without controversy. As we discussed in August the Department of Homeland Security raised concerns in July and August that the “real time collaboration” requirement in CISA would not permit them to scrub personal information… Continue Reading
Cybersecurity / Legislation

DHS – “Privacy Problems with CISA”

The Senate is expected to begin debate this week on S.754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) and at least one government agency is raising privacy and civil liberties concerns with respect to this legislation. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is concerned that the desire to share information in real time could prevent it from scrubbing the data to erase personal identifiable information or other private information contained in the data. The primary purpose of CISA is to encourage the sharing of cyber… Continue Reading