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[ NNSquad ] Cybersecurity Requires Patches, Not a Vast Bill: Susan Crawford
Cybersecurity Requires Patches, Not a Vast Bill: Susan Crawford
http://j.mp/so4rJu (Bloomberg)
"When cybersecurity problems arise, the best response is to adopt a
patch as soon as it's available. You don't want to wait for an
entirely new operating system to be created, and you really don't want
to use such a system until it has been debugged. That second
approach, though, is what the Obama administration lately has been
recommending. Driven by the National Security Agency and the
Department of Homeland Security, the administration has been pushing
the Senate to ram through an enormous omnibus bill on cybersecurity
that hasn't yet won agreement from legislative working groups."
...
Luckily, the administration's approach may collapse under its own
weight. In October, a House Republican cybersecurity plan that focused
on targeted voluntary efforts -- rather than the construction of a
novel superstructure for the dictation of security standards --
grabbed the attention of legislators. This month, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid wrote to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
saying that the House plan was consistent with his own cybersecurity
vision, while noting that bipartisan working groups in the Senate
hadn't been able to agree on a comprehensive legislative draft. Four
Republican Senators (Kay Bailey Hutchison, Saxby Chambliss, Charles
Grassley, and Lisa Murkowski) wrote to President Barack Obama
supporting the targeted House approach.
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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