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Published on July 7, 2020 • Cyber

Lawmakers Push Cyber Updates in Senate Defense Bill

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Amendments filed to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act by Senator Angus King (I-ME) and others would implement more than a dozen recommendations from the Solarium Commission which King co-chaired. They include:

An information sharing environment and forensic malware repository between CISA and the NSA
A Bureau of Cyber Statistics at the Department of Commerce
A Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technology at the State Department
A strategy to secure foundational internet protocols and email
Security certification and labeling for information and communication technology products
Limiting the CISA director to a five-year term
Biennial tabletop cybersecurity exercises
A select committee in the Senate to focus on cybersecurity

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