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President Obama made a passing reference to White House proposed cybersecurity legislation during an hour-long State of the Union address delivered Jan. 24. The speech (.pdf), which focused on Read more...

Mounting cybersecurity threats require the federal government and private sector to build a partnership that could include tax credits and liability protection, said Rep. James Langevin (D-R.I.) Read more...

An association of politically conservative chief executive officers issued Oct. 11 a position paper critical on some aspects of the White House cybersecurity legislative proposal. Specifically, the Read more...

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said he will not support an Obama administration proposal to impose a mandatory minimum three-year prison sentence on hackers found guilty of damaging a critical Read more...

The Obama administration isn't against the idea of extending liability protection as part of private sector adoption of a federally-mandated cybersecurity framework, said Bruce McConnell, a senior Read more...

House Republicans have set up a GOP-only House Cybersecurity Task Force, announced Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) in a June 24 statement. The task force, to be led by Thornberry, will focus Read more...

Cybersecurity legislation proposed by the Obama administration would create counter-incentives against better private sector cybersecurity, Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, Read more...

The federal government is considering creation of a separate Internet domain for private sector critical infrastructure, one that would be subject to monitoring by the government for cyber threats, a Read more...

The White House cybersecurity legislative proposal came under criticism from Republicans and Democrats during a May 25 hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property, Read more...

Cybersecurity legislation proposed by the Obama administration seeks to take a "light touch" when regulating privately-owned critical infrastructure, said Philip Reitinger, deputy undersecretary for Read more...