Tag: bill

May 10, 2018

The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill that would incentivize ethical hackers to hunt for vulnerabilities in the State Department’s digital systems. The legislation would direct the department to set up a pilot “bug bounty” program […]

April 23, 2018

Senators are working to again revise legislation designed to help guard digital voting infrastructure from cyberattacks after meeting with state officials. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) told The Hill that he expects to work out the final details of the bill […]

March 19, 2018

As Americans wait to see whether net neutrality can gain enough support among lawmakers to invoke disapproval via the Congressional Review Act, individual states are not waiting — several are working on state laws to maintain net neutrality within their […]

February 8, 2018

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) on Wednesday introduced a bill in the upper chamber designed to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) improve its ability to identify potential terrorist threats. Hassan said the DHS Data Framework Act will streamline the […]

March 2, 2017

Legislation calling on the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop outcome metrics to demonstrate the effectiveness of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is scheduled to be considered – and likely amended – at a markup session of the House […]

November 22, 2016

Two weeks before a December 1 deadline for a federal rule that would let feds hack you wherever you are, lawmakers made a last-ditch effort to push it back for six months. As we reported  in April, when the US Supreme Court […]

September 29, 2016

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker is floating the idea of giving businesses protections so that they can discuss cyber-attacks with officials without risking any punishment. “Laws and regulations alone cannot protect us from the emerging cyber threats,” Pritzker said at a […]

June 9, 2016

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would restructure how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) protects critical infrastructure from digital threats. “This bill removes bureaucratic barriers at DHS so it can more effectively carry out […]

May 27, 2016

The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed a vote on a widely supported email privacy bill amid concerns from a handful of Republicans. The authors of the bill — Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) — asked that a […]

May 24, 2016

The financial services industry is ratcheting up its support of legislation that would set nationwide data security standards and require businesses to notify customers following a breach. The push coincides with an annual advocacy gathering of retailers, who oppose the […]

April 15, 2016

The encryption security debate that is the fallout from the FBI-Apple debacle has taken a dangerous — and utterly predictable — turn. Congress has gotten involved, in a most unhelpful way. A preliminary version of an encryption bill from Senate […]

April 8, 2016

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday introduced a bill to create strict cyber-security standards for the aviation industry as it increasingly becomes a target for hackers and cyber spies. The legislation follows up on Markey’s investigation into the security practices […]

April 5, 2016

A draft of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s encryption bill is expected to circulate sometime this week, Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told reporters on Monday. The measure — a response to concerns that criminals are increasingly using encrypted devices to hide […]

February 25, 2016

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers on Wednesday predicted broad support and swift passage of upcoming legislation to establish a national commission exploring how police can get at encrypted data without endangering Americans’ privacy. The measure, from House Homeland Security Committee […]

February 24, 2016

Two lawmakers will reveal more details about a major encryption bill on Wednesday amid a renewed debate over what role Congress should play in regulating encryption standards. The long-awaited measure, from House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and […]

January 4, 2016

Lawmakers pushing for global cyberspace norms have scored an early win. The major cyber-security bill that President Obama signed into law two weeks ago includes a clause requiring the State Department to publicly produce an international cyberspace policy within 90 […]

December 21, 2015

It may have been easy for Congress on Friday to approve the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), despite past controversy around it. This bill does not hike federal spending or impose sweeping regulatory rules. Its main feature is something many […]

December 16, 2015

A major cyber-security bill will likely be included in a sweeping omnibus spending deal expected late Tuesday night, according to multiple people with knowledge of the talks. “All indicators look positive, but we’ll find out when it gets filed later […]

December 11, 2015

The House on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to provide state and local governments with federal resources to fight cybercrime. “Local governments often do not have access to the technical capabilities and training required to address highly exploitable cyber-security vulnerabilities,” […]

December 9, 2015

The threat is the continuously demonstrated lack of understanding what is on-the-line for these businesses. In addition to these new requirements that are highlighted in the most recent version of the DFAR (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation)—widely seen as the Holy […]