Thursday 29 October 2015

Cybersecurity bill draws praise, concern

After years of political wrangling, the US Senate on Tuesday passed a cybersecurity bill that has drawn praise from business groups and criticism from privacy advocates.

In a 74-to-21 vote, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act moved closer to becoming law, a measure proponents say will spur private business and government agencies to share information in a quest to ebb the assault of hackers — an increasingly common occurrence for both business and government alike.

Critics counter that the bill would allow the government to violate privacy boundaries, and that it would not in practice prevent security breaches from hackers at all. For the full article click here 



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