- WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday defended a cybersecurity bill as a common-sense approach to stopping electronic attacks on critical infrastructure and companies. (Huffington Post)
- Congress latest stab at a cybersecurity bill is getting flak from many people: civil libertarians, experts who say it doesnt do enough to address real problems and, as of yesterday (April 25), the White House. (msnbc.com)
- (CBS/AP) House Republicans are pushing ahead with the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). The legislation is said to protect the nations critical infrastructure and corporations from electronic attacks. (CBS News)
- A controversial cybersecurity bill that the White House has said President Barack Obama would veto is a "common sense" measure that will help prevent terrorism, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. The White House disagrees. (Marketwatch)
- Sharing Act is a bipartisan bill that would allow federal agencies and private companies to share customer information that relates to cybersecurity threats in order to combat hacking attacks. The House is considering the Act today. (Gawker)
- This bill in its current form… is single privacy law ever enacted in the name of cybersecurity, Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), who previously has spoken out against SOPA and PIPA, said on the House floor. (Ars Technica)
- President Barack Obama's administration threatened to veto a cybersecurity bill set for a House vote this week, saying it would erode privacy safeguards and not do enough to protect critical U.S. systems. (Businessweek)
- The White House is backing a Senate bill proposed by Homeland But the Senate is a different story — there, it must compete with the Lieberman cyber security bill and one from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (Syracuse Post-Standard)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
House Cybersecurity Bill
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