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Communications Association Opposes Current CISA, Wants More Privacy Protections

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

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Communications Association Opposes Current CISA, Wants More Privacy Protections

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While the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) supports the goals of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA, S. 754) it opposes the bill due to privacy concerns, the group said in a blog post Thursday.CCIA noted CISA seeks to facilitate the timely sharing of cyber threat indicators between and among the private sector and the government, however “CISA’s prescribed mechanism for sharing of cyber threat information does not sufficiently protect users’ privacy or appropriately limit the permissible…

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