White House officials said Tuesday that a veto...
White House officials said Tuesday that a veto threat against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would need to be accompanied by an effort to advance cybersecurity legislation “without compromising privacy.” The version of CISPA that passed the…
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House in April does include “some important improvements” over previous versions, but did not address all of the White House’s core concerns, particularly when it came to privacy protection, said U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park and Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel in a blog post responding to a “Stop CISPA” petition submitted through the White House’s We the People petition service. “The President has been clear that the United States urgently needs to modernize our laws and practices relating to cybersecurity, both for national security and the security of our country’s businesses -- but that shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy,” Daniel and Park said. The White House examines any cybersecurity legislation to see if it has sufficient privacy and civil liberties protections, charges a civilian agency with leading information sharing efforts, and provides narrowly-tailored protections, Daniel and Park said. “The United States must update our cybersecurity laws, but we will not sacrifice our values in the process,” they said (http://1.usa.gov/11TKtm1).