The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee yesterday introduceda new billthat would allow business to share cognition of digital security threat with the government without care of legal of action .
Reuters reportsthat the new bill , known as the Protecting Cyber Networks Act , “ has pregnant bipartisan reinforcement . ” Indeed , it claims that it has stiff support both in government and among the wider concern community , and suggests it has “ a good opportunity of being pass by Congress . ” The House of Representatives ’ intelligence service venire will vote on the new card this Thursday . If it pass — which sounds likely — it will move to a full House vote in April .
http://www.reuters.com/article/2025-01-02/us-cybersecurity-congress-idUSKBN0MK1ZM20150324
Meanwhile a similar bill , which provides business with indebtedness shelter if they share cyber security info through a civilian portal vein , is making its way through the Senate . That eyeshade was passed by the Senate ’s intelligence panel 14 - 1 . If both get extend by their respective chamber , they ’ll need to be tweaked to sour with each other before Obama signs them into law ( or chuck them into the bin ) .
We ’ll before long see if either or both of the bills , convey about by the rise of cyber attacks on large corporationslike Sony Pictures , are turned into law of nature . While privacy activists may occupy that increase flow of such data may rachet up up surveillance , it is at least heartening that the governance is taking cyber protection ever more seriously . [ Reuters ]
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