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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 28th, 2021

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Bill

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

Following the release of a similar bill by a bipartisan contingent of House members, two Senators on Tuesday released their version of a bill that would require owners and operators of critical infrastructures to report to the federal government on cyber incidents. Like the House draft measure, the Cyber Incident Reporting Act would require critical infrastructure entities to report to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within 72 hours of detecting that they are under…

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