The last Congress adjourned without enacting cybersecurity legislation. That certainly does not send the debate back to square one, because at least one major bill from last year has already been reintroduced in the 112th Congress — the Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 (S. 413), offered by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.). But a break in the action (not to mention a shift of political control in the House) provides an opportunity for reflection and some new strategic thinking about the best path forward.
That’s why the cybersecurity action plan that BSA unveiled this week with a coalition of highly respected and influential partners is so important. The plan — produced by BSA, the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Internet Security Alliance, TechAmerica and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (more…)
What a difference a year makes.
Well, that headline might be premature. Unless something dramatic happens in the lame duck session after today’s midterm elections — which appears unlikely — we will not have a cybersecurity bill this year. And that might not be such a bad thing, because while lawmakers have made some good headway on cybersecurity issues in the 111th Congress, challenging questions remain.
If Willie Sutton had been a hacker, we know what he’d have thought about cloud computing.
Thirty-seven countries together representing more than half of world trade declared with one voice this week that “effective enforcement of intellectual property rights is critical to sustaining economic growth across all industries and globally.”
