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Halfway into January, 2015 is starting to emerge as a year policymakers will focus more strongly on cybersecurity in the United States. Today President Obama took a significant step in sending a cybersecurity legislative package to Congress. His proposed legislation covers three topics: 1) enabling cybersecurity information sharing, 2) modernizing law enforcement authorities to combat cybercrime, and [...]
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Next week, President Obama is scheduled to deliver his sixth State of the Union address. But this week, the president is giving the nation a sneak preview into some of the priorities he plans to share with the country when he delivers his speech on January 20. Today, the president unveiled a number of privacy and data breach-related initiatives in remarks delivered at the Federal Trade Commission. [...]
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From 1935 - 1997 there were only 11 “Lame Duck” congressional sessions. Once a rarity, they are now commonplace and have occurred in every congress since 1998. As the frequency of these sessions have increased over the last few years, Congress has used lame duck sessions to tackle languishing appropriations bills, beat year-end deadlines, confirm nominations, reauthorize the Defense and Intelligence [...]
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The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) submitted comments yesterday to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s Request for Comment on Automotive Electronic Control Systems Safety and Security. As the use of electronics—including networked systems—in motor vehicles continues to grow, industry and government stakeholders are contemplating related policy issues, [...]
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On December 5, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued its Update on the Cybersecurity Framework, summarizing stakeholder feedback on the 10-month-old, voluntary Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (“the Framework”) version 1.0. The Framework is a tool to guide entities through steps to identify, protect, and defend their assets, and respond and recover [...]
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Representatives from over 170 governments and industry, nongovernmental organizations, and civil society organizations have descended upon Busan, Korea, for the 19th Plenipotentiary (PP-14) meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). For the next few weeks over 1500 participants are gathering to consider and debate a wide range of issues. Cybersecurity is one issue, in particular, [...]
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A little more than six months after the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework) version 1.0, the agency issued a request for information (RFI) to get feedback from stakeholders’ on their experiences with the Framework and their recommendations on next steps. NIST is seeking input, and sharing responses, [...]
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Twenty-three associations representing nearly every industry sector of the U.S. economy are applauding the Obama administration’s support for a dynamic and flexible approach to addressing cybersecurity risk. In a letter sent today to Michael Daniel, special assistant to the president and cybersecurity coordinator, industry expressed support for the principles laid out in Daniel’s May 22 blog, Assessing [...]
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The Senate Appropriations Committee released legislative language today to fund the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) agencies in fiscal year (FY) 2015. Among its numerous provisions is the committee’s version of a new Section 515 that embodies the requirements the CJS agencies must take to factor in supply chain risks when procuring information technology (IT) systems. We applaud the important [...]
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The Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) support the federal government’s efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to how it purchases technology goods and services and how it administers contracts. We appreciate that the government is engaging stakeholders in determining the right steps to do this, and [...]
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