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Peters, Portman Seek White House Input On Cybersecurity Legislation

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 11th, 2021

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Peters, Portman Seek White House Input On Cybersecurity Legislation

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

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee are considering introducing and marking up new cybersecurity legislation soon and want the White House and federal agencies to quickly weigh in on several questions regarding new powers the government needs and ongoing efforts by federal agencies to contend with ransomware attacks. “The federal government needs to do more to support partners in the public and private sectors as they work to secure their systems against ransomware attackers and…

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