Sunday, April 22, 2012

Congress cybersecurity

  • WASHINGTON — The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power companies weren't falling for it.
  • (theadvocate.com)
  • Facebook today explained why it has taken a positive stance on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or "CISPA", bill currently under consideration in the United States Congress.
  • (TechCrunch)
  • Investigations on Capitol Hill have begun in the Secret Service scandal involving nearly a dozen agents and several Colombia hookers. Republican Rep.
  • (Human Events (blog))
  • The controversy over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act intensified on Tuesday when a White House spokeswoman warned Congress not to pass cybersecurity legislation without robust safeguards to preserve the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens.
  • (Ars Technica)
  • IDG News Service - A group of cybersecurity bills that the U.S.
  • (Computerworld)
  • Critics are trying to portray the tech community as split or opposed to cybersecurity bills moving through Congress. They are wrong. The tech sector is 100 percent behind the effort to strengthen America's cybersecurity defenses.
  • (Thehill.com)
  • NEI wants to ensure that any new cybersecurity legislation will not interfere with the work underway in the nuclear sector. Other industries, such as the financial sector, also are keeping an eye on Congress as it considers new cybersecurity rules.
  • (Federal Times)
  • (ABC News) Congress is set to act on cybersecurity legislation that has been making its way through committees in both chambers for several years. The House is set to vote on these bills during the week of April 23, dubbed "Cybersecurity Week.
  • (stoptheaclu.com)

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