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Congress Passes Another Cyber Security Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, December 12th, 2014

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Congress Passes Another Cyber Security Bill

After passing several cyber security bills this week, the House and Senate Thursday night each passed another piece of cyber legislation aimed at improving cooperation between the federal government and industry, strengthening the cyber workforce within government and creating a federal technology development plan for information security. The Cybersecurity Act of 2013 (S. 1353) amends the existing National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to allow the Commerce Secretary to facilitate the development of voluntary, industry-led standards and practices to…

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