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This week the House of Representatives will consider two cybersecurity threat information sharing bills on the floor:聽the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R. 1560), and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (H.R. 1731).聽 We commend the House for its action in this area, and 91快活林 will consider scoring votes in support of both bills in our 114th Congressional Voting Guide.聽 As the leading [...]
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When we surf the Internet, conduct e-commerce, or send emails and texts, we often don鈥檛 think about the tremendous work or resources going on behind the scenes to protect the networks and information we routinely use to connect and accomplish our daily tasks.聽 Those networks are constantly besieged by increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals, and voluntary cybersecurity threat information sharing [...]
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Tomorrow the White House is hosting a summit at Stanford University on the important topic of cybersecurity.聽 Silicon Valley is a fitting backdrop and there will be high level participation from both CEOs and leaders from many of the companies who have long been leading cybersecurity advancements.聽 We welcome this engagement and hope it will expand the dialogue to reinforce the notion that we all have [...]
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Halfway into January, 2015 is starting to emerge as a year policymakers will focus more strongly on cybersecurity in the United States. Today President Obama took a significant step in sending a cybersecurity legislative package to Congress. His proposed legislation covers three topics: 1) enabling cybersecurity information sharing, 2) modernizing law enforcement authorities to combat cybercrime, and [...]
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Next week, President Obama is scheduled to deliver his sixth State of the Union address. But this week, the president is giving the nation a sneak preview into some of the priorities he plans to share with the country when he delivers his speech on January 20. 聽 Today, the president unveiled a number of privacy and data breach-related initiatives in remarks delivered at the Federal Trade Commission. [...]
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From 1935 - 1997 there were only 11 鈥淟ame Duck鈥� congressional sessions. Once a rarity, they are now commonplace and have occurred in every congress since 1998.聽 As the frequency of these sessions have increased over the last few years, Congress has used lame duck sessions to tackle languishing appropriations bills, beat year-end deadlines, confirm nominations, reauthorize the Defense and Intelligence [...]
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The 91快活林聽(91快活林) submitted comments yesterday to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)鈥檚 Request for Comment on Automotive Electronic Control Systems Safety and Security.聽 As the use of electronics鈥攊ncluding networked systems鈥攊n motor vehicles continues to grow, industry and government stakeholders are contemplating related policy issues, [...]
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On December 5, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued its Update on the Cybersecurity Framework, summarizing stakeholder feedback on the 10-month-old, voluntary Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (鈥渢he Framework鈥�) version 1.0. The Framework is a tool to guide entities through steps to identify, protect, and defend their assets, and respond and recover [...]
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Representatives from over 170 governments and industry, nongovernmental organizations, 聽and civil society organizations have descended upon Busan, Korea, for the 19th Plenipotentiary (PP-14) meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).聽 For the next few weeks over 1500 participants are gathering to consider and debate a wide range of issues.聽 Cybersecurity is one issue, in particular, [...]
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A little more than six months after the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework) version 1.0, the agency issued a request for information (RFI) to get feedback from stakeholders鈥� on their experiences with the Framework and their recommendations on next steps.聽 NIST is seeking input, and sharing responses, [...]
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