by Paul Rosenzweig | May 23, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
Abstract: The number of cybersecurity attacks on, and breaches within, the United States government has been growing. The U.S. Senate is now gearing up to debate cybersecurity legislation—and will have to vote on whether the federal government should…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 6, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
U.S. Senate – June 2011 – The Sergeant at Arms confirmed that the U.S. Senate’s website had been hacked after files from the website were posted online, indicating that Lulz Security had broken into the Senate’s computer network.…
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 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…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 16, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
The House Homeland Security Committee has now released its own updated version of a cybersecurity bill. The text is (Lungren Substitute April 2012). This bill stands in pretty significant contrast to the Rogers-Ruppersberger bill which (in it The…
