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Senate Panel Plans To Markup DHS Cyber Security Subpoena Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 31st, 2019

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Senate Panel Plans To Markup DHS Cyber Security Subpoena Bill

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS. Photo: DHS

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee soon hopes to mark up proposed legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security the ability to subpoena internet access providers so that it can warn owners and operators of critical infrastructures of cyber security vulnerabilities to their networks, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the committee chairman, said on Thursday. The Administrative Subpoena authority is being sought by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within DHS, which can spot a vulnerable…

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