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Cyber Incident Reporting Bill Passes House As Part Of Omnibus

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 10th, 2022

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Cyber Incident Reporting Bill Passes House As Part Of Omnibus

A bill mandating that critical infrastructure entities report to the federal government within three days of discovering they’ve been hit by a cyber-attack passed the House Wednesday night as part of a consolidated government spending package for fiscal year 2022. The Senate last week passed the cyber incident reporting measure as part of a larger cybersecurity bill that included an update to the Federal Information Modernization Security Act (FISMA) and an authorization and update to the Federal Risk and Authorization…

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