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Majority Leader Reid on Cybersecurity
Senate Majority Leader Reid spoke on the Senate floor earlier today explaining why the Senate needed to consider cybersecurity legislation as an urgent matter and, in particular, why he would prioritize the cyber bill over the Defense Authorization…
This is Going to be a Tough Sell — Republican Cybersecurity Reaction
As we have all noted, Senators Lieberman and Collins have proposed a revised version of their cybersecurity legislation. They’ve touted it as a compromise bill that moves closer to the middle and addresses industry concerns. If this Myth v Fact Sheet…
Cybersecurity Act of 2012: Revised Cyber Bill Still Has Problems
Senators Joseph Lieberman (I–CT) and Susan Collins (R–ME) recently released a revised version of their Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The expectation is that Senate leadership will attempt to bring the bill to the floor before the August recess. Though…
Thoughts About the Revised Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Bill
As I noted on Friday, Senators Lieberman and Collins have released a Manager’s Amendment in the form of a substitute which reflects some significant changes to their original bill. You can access the full text of the amendment here. Talk in the…
Revised Cybersecurity Legislation Introduced
Late last night Senators Lieberman and Collins introduced revised cybersecurity legislation. A short summary of the revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 suggests that the major changes are 1) elimination of a mandatory regulatory system in favor of a…
President Obama on Cybersecurity
It doesn’t take much to imagine the consequences of a successful cyber attack. In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home. It doesn’t…
Cybersecurity Regulation — How Significant is the Threat?
high-level threats—spawned by motivated, sophisticated, and well-resourced adversaries—could increase very quickly on a very short time-scale, potentially leading to what some dub a “digital Pearl Harbor” (that is, a catastrophic event whose…
US-China Cyber Dialogue
Two think tanks — one from China and one (CSIS) from the US have been conducting a dialogue on cybersecurity over the past several years. This joint release (English at the bottom) summarizes some of their discussions. From the introduction:Since…
Is Cybersecurity Legislation Dead for 2012?
Jessica Herrera-Flanigan certainly seems to think so and, honestly, I can’t disagree with her. From the article:Even if cybersecurity legislation does get through the Senate, there is not a clear path forward for reconciling that bill (or bills) with…
Giving Ft. Meade a Third Hat
One of the interesting aspects of blogging for Lawfare is that I get to try on a few new hats. For years, I have thought of myself as a lawyer and a policy analyst — hats I get to wear every day and the ones I wear most often even on Lawfare. Today,…