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Peters, Portman Introduce Bill Requiring Agencies To Report Cyber Incidents To CISA

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, October 4th, 2021

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Peters, Portman Introduce Bill Requiring Agencies To Report Cyber Incidents To CISA

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

The top senators on a homeland security committee on Monday released a bipartisan bill that updates existing information security law and would require federal civilian agencies to report all cybersecurity incidents on their networks to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2021 would also provide authorities to CISA to ensure the Department of Homeland Security agency has the lead for responding to incidents and breaches on federal civilian networks. The new…

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