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Cornyn, Hassan Reintroduce National Guard Cyber Security Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

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Cornyn, Hassan Reintroduce National Guard Cyber Security Bill

Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Wednesday reintroduced legislation to authorize the National Guard’s role in assisting state and local governments to strengthen their cyber security infrastructure. The bill was first introduced last year but failed to make it into the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which included a bevy of cyber security legislation, including the establishment of a National Cyber Director in the White House and cyber security coordinators in every state. Hassan and…

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