
A House subcommittee on Wednesday approved a broadly supported bipartisan cyber security bill that would codify the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lead role in protecting federal civilian computer networks and coordinate with the private sector to share information to help protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats. The National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 3696), which was crafted by Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee, also has the support of disparate groups…