More than a dozen technology groups urged House leaders in a...
More than a dozen technology groups urged House leaders in a letter sent Tuesday to “protect and promote, not stifle innovation” in the congressional push to increase national cybersecurity. “The House has an opportunity to take a positive, nonregulatory step…
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forward on cybersecurity -- as regulations would divert businesses’ focus from security to compliance -- by removing legal roadblocks that prevent the private sector and government from sharing cyber threat information while protecting personal privacy,” said the letter written to Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Specifically the groups urged lawmakers to: improve private/public information sharing of cyberthreat information; enhance national cybersecurity research and development; reform the Federal Information Security Management Act; increase cybersecurity education and public awareness; and support greater public/private collaboration on cybersecurity issues. The groups also warned lawmakers not to “complicate or duplicate existing security-related industry standards with government-specific standards and bureaucracies.” The letter was signed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Software Alliance, CTIA, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Internet Security Alliance, NCTA, the Software and Information Industry Association, TechAmerica, TechNet, Telecommunications Industry Association, and USTelecom, among others.