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Business/Financial

Senators Revise Cyber Bill, Switching From Sticks To Carrots

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, July 23rd, 2012

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Five senators that have been leading the push for comprehensive cyber security leadership but have gotten nowhere with a comprehensive bill they introduced in February on Thursday introduced a revised version of their legislation that drops a key provision requiring the government to set security standards for owners of critical infrastructure in favor of a voluntary cyber security program. “This compromise bill creates a public-private partnership to set cyber security standards for critical American infrastructure, and offers the reward of…

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