Last week CISPA, the cybersecurity information-sharing bill, passed the House. Though fundamentally flawed, the bill is very different from when it passed the House a year ago, demonstrating the power of a growing Internet advocacy community that sometimes underestimates its own influence. Two game-changing achievements stand out.
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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