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Obama Outlines New Proposals To Strengthen Cyber Security

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 13th, 2015

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Obama Outlines New Proposals To Strengthen Cyber Security

President Obama on Tuesday outlined a new bill designed to improve the sharing of cyber threat data by the private sector with the government and strengthen legal authorities to combat cyber crime.Details of the forthcoming legislative proposal are scarce, but the White House said in a summary that it will promote information sharing by offering targeted liability protection for companies that share information with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC).Limited liability protections are…

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