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White House and DHS Secretary Johnson Support CISA

Thursday, November 5th, 2015

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Both the White House and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced support the week of Oct. 19 for the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA, S.754), currently under consideration in the Senate (Defense Daily, Oct. 22).In an official Statement of Administration Policy supporting CISA, the White House on Oct. 22 reiterated previously stated concerns about privacy considerations in the bill. “As the Administration has previously stated, information sharing legislation must carefully safeguard privacy, confidentiality, and civil liberties, preserve the long-standing respective…

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