Private sector executives praised the information-sharing implementation of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 during a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. The hearing witnesses celebrated the legislation’s protections from liability.
The previous “lack of such protections was one of the most serious impediments to sharing information,” United States Telecom Association vice-president of industry and state affairs Robert Mayer told House lawmakers.
In contrast to the vocal objections raised by privacy and civil liberties groups opposed to the legislation last year, the private sector representatives who testified before the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies subcommittee were broadly supportive of the bill. The witnesses represented an IT automation firm, a telecom industry group, and a financial threat sharing platform. Information security researchers and privacy groups were not represented at the hearing.
During opening comments, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), chairman of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies subcommittee, referred to the controversial approval in within the 2016 omnibus spending package as “a significant accomplishment that was years in the making.” He stressed the need for the information-sharing legislation, noting that adversaries of the U.S. government are developing cyber attack capabilities. “We cannot leave the American people, the American economy, and our critical infrastructure to fend for itself,” he said. For the full article click here
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