On April 18, the US House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), H.R. 624, which would enable companies to share information about cyber threats while benefiting from certain liability protections. The bill passed despite a White House threat earlier this week to veto the bill. The vote was 288-127, with 196 Republicans and 92 Democrats in… Continue Reading
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NIST Kicks Off Cybersecurity Framework Development
Development of the new Cybersecurity Framework is now in full swing. President Obama’s Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (which we previously covered) calls on NIST to lead the development of a Cybersecurity Framework that will provide “a set of standards, methodologies, procedures, and processes that align policy, business, and technological approaches to address… Continue Reading
U.S. Cybersecurity Executive Order Signed, Will Affect Many Types of Businesses
On February 12, President Obama signed an Executive Order on “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity,” and then referenced the Order and the need for additional congressional action during the State of the Union address on the same day: America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks. We know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate… Continue Reading
“Key Internet Enablers” and Other Critical Industries the Subject of Proposed European Cybersecurity Directive
Noting that security incidents affecting information systems “are becoming bigger, more frequent, and more complex,” and that the majority of respondents to its consultation on the topic reported having experienced such an incident in the past year, today the European Commission released a proposal for a Directive “concerning measures to ensure a high common level… Continue Reading
Senator Releases Report on Corporate Responses to Cybersecurity Queries
Cybersecurity is on the 113th Congress’ agenda given recent developments in the U.S. Senate. Today Senator Rockefeller, Chairman of the Commerce Committee, released a staff memorandum presenting the responses his office received to his September 2012 letter regarding cybersecurity practices. The letter, which we discussed in a previous post, went to the CEOs of every Fortune 500 company and requested responses to eight questions… Continue Reading
New U.S. Security Breach Reporting Requirements Likely for Cleared Defense Contractors
Michael Scheimer, an associate in the Government Contracts group, contributed to this entry. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (NDAA FY 13) has recently emerged from the congressional conference committee formed to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the bill. The compromise bill (HR 4310 – H Rept 112-705), which both… Continue Reading