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Senators Introduce Consolidated Cyber Bill That Directs Incident Reporting

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

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Senators Introduce Consolidated Cyber Bill That Directs Incident Reporting

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Monday introduced a bill that combines three cybersecurity measures introduced last year, including requiring owners and operators of critical infrastructures and federal civilian agencies and contractors to report significant cyber-attacks to the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency (CISA). The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act consolidates the Cyber Incident Reporting Act, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2021, and the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act. The…

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