FierceGovernmentFierceGovernmentITFierceHomelandSecurity
Syndicate content

James Baker news from FierceGovernmentIT

News

DOJ seeks to expand Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Congress should expand the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act so that violations no longer incur penalties that are weaker than those of analogous offline crimes, said Richard Downing, the Justice Read more...

Leahy opposes 3-year mandatory minimum for critical infrastructure hacking

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...

House subcommittee criticizes White House cybersecurity proposal

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...

Just how do cyber agencies track hack attacks?

Some secrets are worth keeping, and one of them is how to identify a cyberattack, congressional testimony revealed on Tuesday. Members of the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security Read more...