House Homeland Security Advances Bill on DHS Involvement in Ports Cybersecurity
The House Homeland Security Committee voted Nov. 4 to advance the Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act (HR-3878), sending the bill to the full House on a unanimous voice vote. HR-3878 (here) would require DHS to…
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take “a more proactive approach to cybersecurity” at U.S. ports, said Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif. The bill would require DHS to increase National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center collaboration with maritime and port security stakeholders, including creating a working group to develop plans to address port-specific cybersecurity vulnerabilities. House Homeland Security approved an amendment to HR-3878 from Rep. Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., that would require vessels and port facilities to conduct a cybersecurity assessment as part of their requirements under the 2002 Maritime Transportation Security Act. The markup came a week after the Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754) 74-21, setting up what is anticipated to be a lengthy conference to reconcile that bill with the House-passed Protecting Cyber Networks Act (HR-1560). An industry lobbyist told us language from HR-3878 could potentially make it into a conference information sharing bill.