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Business/Financial

Senate’s DoD Bill Requires Cyber Attack Reports From Contractors

Julie Samuel

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

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Some defense contractors would be required to quickly alert the government when their computer systems are hacked under a provision in the Pentagon policy bill the Senate passed Tuesday. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Carl Levin (D-Mich.) added the cybersecurity provision to the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill last Friday via a floor amendment the Senate passed without debate. Now Levin and SASC Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) will fight to keep the cyber measure in the final legislation…

Congress

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Advanced / Transformational Technology

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