Firewall on the Hill: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Firewall on the Hill: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is urging Congress to pass legislation to bolster the country’s cyber defenses. The proposed bill—the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (CISA)—may unleash a brute-force attack in the cyber war, but opposition based on privacy and civil liberties concerns could stop the bill dead in its tracks.
The CISA would enable companies to
- share information with…