The House Homeland Security Committee plans to examine and monitor...
The House Homeland Security Committee plans to examine and monitor the Department of Homeland Security’s role in hardening networks from cyberattack, according to its oversight plan which was published Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bobz3g). The committee will review the federal government’s cyber missions…
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and monitor DHS’s role in “fulfilling its goals in order to prevent a catastrophic cyber attack,” the plan said. The committee will ensure that DHS “facilitates the improved security of our nation’s critical infrastructure while earning and building on the trust of the owners and operators of that infrastructure.” The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies will examine DHS’s ability to detect the incursion of malicious activity; attribute the source of that activity; and promote best practices, risk assessments, and share threat information across all levels of government and the private sector, the oversight plan said. The subcommittee will examine the resiliency of the nation’s critical infrastructure and “the need to optimize supply chain risk management in order to protect against manipulation without unnecessarily impeding commerce,” said the plan. The Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications will monitor the development of FirstNet and the public safety interoperable wireless broadband network. The oversight plan said the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will evaluate DHS’s ability to deter and respond to emerging threats. Specifically the plan said GPS navigation systems are “highly susceptible to being jammed and hijacked” and an attack on such devices could “disrupt civil aviation and emergency communications, attack global financial exchanges, and corrupt the energy grid.”