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Industry Reps Support Proposed Cyber Incident Reporting Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 1st, 2021

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Industry Reps Support Proposed Cyber Incident Reporting Bill

Officials representing the banking, information technology, natural gas and telecommunications industries all generally support a bipartisan draft bill in the House that would mandate that certain critical infrastructure owners and operators report certain confirmed cybersecurity incidents to the Department of Homeland Security. The support from industry for federally-mandated cyber incident reporting is a significant change from recent past arguments that favored continuing a voluntary approach to alerting the government about network breaches. The 33-page draft bill, the Cyber Incident Reporting…

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Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says

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With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]