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Johnson, Carper Introduce Bill To Strengthen Federal Cyber Defenses

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

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The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the evening of July 27 introduced legislation aimed a bolstering the cyber defenses of federal civilian agencies by accelerating the deployment of an intrusion and detection system and mandating stronger authentication practices.The Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (FCEA, S. 1869) would speed up deployment by federal civilian agencies of the EINSTEIN intrusion detection and prevention by clarifying legal authorities for the program and mandating…

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