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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Extend DHS Cyber Program To States And Locals

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Extend DHS Cyber Program To States And Locals

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Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would codify an existing Department of Homeland Security program that provides a variety of tools to help federal agencies strengthen the security of their networks, and extend the program to state and local governments. The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) is managed by the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and allows civilian agencies to inventory their network assets, acquire dashboards to monitor for threats on…

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