
The House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday marked up a slew of homeland security bills, including one that codifies the existing Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program within the Department of Homeland Security and ensure it evolves to adapt to changing threats.The Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act (H.R. 6443) was introduced by Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), who said that codifying CDM will help DHS in its mission to further the cyber security of federal civilian networks.The bill was adopted…