Congressman Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) has introduced three bills centered on improving cyber security and protecting consumers in the event of data breaches involving their personal information.
The Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act, which Langevin reintroduced, would create a National Office for Cyberspace in the White House and have budget authority over federal information security policies and practices. Langevin said that the current position of Cybersecurity Coordinator in the National Security Council lacks these independent authorities to ensure coordination across federal networks.
“A cyber security coordinator, freed from other budgetary pressures, would be able to offer independent analysis as to whether departments and agencies are adequately defended,” Langevin said at a Bloomberg Government conference on Thursday.
Langevin, who is a member of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees, also introduced the Cybercriminal Anti-Resale Deterrent Extraterritoriality Revision (CARDER) Act, which is based on a Department of Justice proposal to make it easier to prosecute criminals that trade in stolen credit cards and enhance the ability to identity and arrest the hackers responsible for the theft of credit cards.
The final piece of legislation Langevin introduced this week is the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015, which is modeled on President Barack Obama’s data breach notification proposal announced earlier this year. The bill requires companies notify affected individuals within 30 days if their personal information has been breached.