U.S. House Intelligence Committee Approves Protecting Cyber Networks Act
Posted on Mar 30, 2015 in Government | Comments Off on U.S. House Intelligence Committee Approves Protecting Cyber Networks Act
On Thursday, March 26, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee unanimously approved the text of the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R. 1560), two days after it had been introduced. The bill is similar, but not identical, to the Senate’s Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA”), which was passed by the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18. It is...
Agenda Released for Upcoming Cyber-Physical Systems Meeting
Posted on Mar 25, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Agenda Released for Upcoming Cyber-Physical Systems Meeting
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber-Physical Systems Public Working Group (CPS PWG) is holding a two-day workshop on April 7-8, 2015. The meeting will be held at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and is intended to review the Draft CPS Framework released by the CPS PWG earlier this month. The meeting will provide an opportunity for a review of the...
CFTC Holds Cybersecurity Roundtable March 18
Posted on Mar 24, 2015 in Financial Services | Comments Off on CFTC Holds Cybersecurity Roundtable March 18
As noted in our previous entry, staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a Public Roundtable on Cybersecurity and System Safeguards Testing on March 18, 2015. The Roundtable, which included participants from the private sector and government agencies, could be a kick-off event for a larger CFTC initiative to address issues related to cybersecurity. The Roundtable...
Director McRaith Outlines FIO’s Cybersecurity Objectives
Posted on Mar 23, 2015 in Financial Services | Comments Off on Director McRaith Outlines FIO’s Cybersecurity Objectives
On March 17, Federal Insurance Office (FIO) Director Michael McRaith outlined FIO’s main cybersecurity objectives for the insurance industry at Networks Financial Institute’s 11th Annual Insurance Public Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. Speaking to an audience that included insurance industry professionals and lobbyists, McRaith detailed the objectives as follows: Support the...
Proposed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
Posted on Mar 20, 2015 in Government | Comments Off on Proposed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee released the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S.754) on March 18, 2015. The bill would encourage the sharing of cybersecurity threat information, require measures to protect individual privacy and civil liberties interests, and offer liability protections to the private sector. Under the bill, information sharing would be voluntary,...
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