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Senate Intel Committee’s Cyber Bill Wrapped Into Amendment As Part Of NDAA Debate

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

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Senate Intel Committee’s Cyber Bill Wrapped Into Amendment As Part Of NDAA Debate

A bill approved earlier this year by the Senate Intelligence Committee that would enable increased sharing of cyber threat data between the public and private sectors may be considered as part of the Senate’s version of its FY ’16 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).During discussion and debate on the NDAA on Wednesday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, agreed to modify one of his amendments to the bill to include the Cybersecurity Information Act (CISA) of…

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