by Paul Rosenzweig | May 3, 2012 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Well, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act passed the House last week. Now that the dust has cleared (and before we move on to the coming Senate battles) it’s probably worthwhile looking at the changes that were made to CISPA in the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 24, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
In an earlier post I commented on the politics of the cybersecurity debate. I wrote: “One final piece of the political calculus is what the Administration wants. Right now all public signs are that they want BOTH information sharing AND the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 24, 2012 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Minimization, Retention, and Notification Amendment: An amendment will be filed today that would:Provid Provide clear authority to the Federal Government to undertake reasonable efforts to limit the impact on privacy and civil liberties of the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 23, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
Recognizing that the U.S. faces serious cybersecurity threats, Congress has wisely decided to take action in this important arena, and the House of Representatives will vote on multiple cybersecurity bills this week. It is just as important, however,…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 19, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
On Wednesday the House Homeland Security Committee marked up the Lungren cybersecurity proposal. The details are reported here and are difficult to piece together. In so far as one can tell, the Chairman’s amendment softened the directive nature of…