”Time is running out” for Congress to pass cybersecurity legislation, said...
"Time is running out” for Congress to pass cybersecurity legislation, said Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., during a cybersecurity conference Monday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Langevin, a co-founder of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, said gridlock over…
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cybersecurity mandates for owners and operators of critical infrastructure “has precluded passage of a comprehensive cybersecurity package” and “prevented the consideration of any significant cybersecurity legislation in the Senate.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., also spoke at the event and said cyberattacks and online piracy “have put the United States on the losing end of the largest illicit transfer of wealth in the history of mankind.” Whitehouse added that the U.S. needs to develop rules of engagement in cyberspace. “At a minimum I can say that clear executive policies and procedures, and vigilant congressional oversight, are required.” Whitehouse touted his work with Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., on the Cyber Security Public Awareness Act (S-813) as a means to increase the dissemination of cyberthreat information to the public. “The government exacerbates the public awareness problem by over-classifying information relating to cybersecurity. … Some information must be classified, for obvious reasons, but we nonetheless can do much better.”