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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Measure To Defense Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, November 5th, 2021

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Measure To Defense Bill

A bipartisan contingent of senators last week introduced an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill requiring owners and operators of critical infrastructure as well as federal civilian agencies to report cyber and ransomware attacks to the Department of Homeland Security. The amendment is based on the Cyber Incident Reporting Act and Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021, which were advanced by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this fall. The provision would require that owners and…

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