The recent mass breach of computers at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has increased pressure on Congress to act to enhance cybersecurity. However, the OPM hack demonstrates the importance of strengthening the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA, S. 754) in two important ways that would not undermine the goals of the legislation.
Read MoreThe House of Representatives will take up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA, H.R. 624) on Wednesday, April 17. While the House Intelligence Committee improved the bill at mark up last week, the fact remains: CISPA could shift control of the federal government’s cybersecurity program for the private sector to a secretive military intelligence agency. Such a shift would be a sea change in cybersecurity policy and a threat to civil liberties.
Read MoreThe Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA, or H.R. 624) has a number of fundamental flaws that threaten civil liberties. The bill is intended to give companies in the private sector clear authority to share more cyber threat information. CDT supports more cybersecurity information sharing. However, CISPA goes overboard in the authorities…
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