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Proposed Cyber Security Bill to Pressure DHS

Rob Lemos writes on SecurityFocus:

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-RI, introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to hold the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for investigating every cyber attack and for shoring up its network security.

The bill would better define the roles and responsibilities of the agency's chief information officer, require that the department reduce the number of successful attacks against its networks and mandate that the DHS investigate the state of contractors' network security before signing a contract with them. The bill comes after more than a year of investigations by the House of Representative's Committee for Homeland Security into cybersecurity breaches at numerous government agencies. Rep. Langevin heads up the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity and Science & Technology, which has held most of the hearings on the issues.

More here.

Note: Also, nice commentary by Mike Masnick on this foolishness over on techdirt.com. :-)

posted by Fergie @ 5/09/2008 05:17:00 PM