Tag: Senate

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
Cyber Breach / Cyber Risk / Cybersecurity

House Overwhelmingly Passes Two Cyber Threat-Sharing Bills, Senate Poised for Third

On Wednesday, April 22, by a vote of 307-116, the House passed its first major cybersecurity bill of 2015, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA), backed by the leadership of the Committee on Intelligence, which would shield private companies when sharing cyber threat data with government civilian agencies, including the Commerce and Treasury Departments. A second bill, The National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 (NCPAA), which amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002, was passed by the House the following day, Thursday April 23,… Continue Reading