Experts Disagree On Focus Of Cybersecurity Legislation
By Molly Bernhart Walker (FierceIT) Cybersecurity legislation is needed, agreed the panelists speaking Feb. 8 before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology–but what that legislation should look like was a far more divisive issue. While the telecommunications industry is doing a good job of securing its infrastructure, other sectors need regulations […]
Security Experts Ask House For Light Regulatory Touch
Technology industry representatives — looking to prevent an additional set of compliance requirements — urge House subcommittee to avoid new cybersecurity regulations to shore up the nation’s digital defenses. By Kenneth Corbin (CIO) WASHINGTON — Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome […]
Cyber Regulation Lost In A Time Machine
Jettisoning Old Ideas about Securing Vital IT Networks By Eric Chabrow (Gov Info Security) The concept of time supported contrary views on the need for more stringent government regulations to protect the nation’s critical information infrastructure. For Larry Clinton, chief executive of the industry lobbying group Internet Security Alliance, regulation is so last century and other factors […]
Cyber Security and the Private Sector
House Energy and Commerce Subcommitte on Communications and Technology Witnesses testified on cybersecurity threats to the U.S., and the role of the private sector and federal government in addressing those threats. They focused on cyber threats to small businesses, communications companies, mobile technology, cloud computing, and smart phone applications. Other topics included federal legislation on […]
Larry Clinton Testimony – House Energy & Commerce Testimony (Oral and Written with FNs)
CYBERSECURITY: Threats To Communications Networks And Private-Sector Responses
To view the original article please click here. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is “Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Private-Sector Responses.”
Entrust President and CEO Outlines Cybersecurity Dangers
CONNER SPEAKS DURING CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING Entrust executive provides insight into cybersecurity attacks targeting vulnerable small businesses, enterprises via the Internet DALLAS, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Entrust Inc. President and CEO Bill Conner was invited as an expert speaker to the U.S. Subcommittee on Communications and Technology’s cybersecurity hearing in Washington D.C. Wednesday. The invitation to participate in the hearing, […]
THE CIRCUIT: Amazon and Viacom Strike A Deal
CYBERSECURITY HEARING, SPRINT EARNINGS By Hayley Tsukayama (The Washington Post) Amazon and Viacom: Amazon and Viacom announced Wednesday that they had entered into a rights agreement that will bring content from MTC, Nickolodeon, Comedy Central, TV Land and VH1 into Amazon’s streaming video catalog. The deal, announced Wednesday by Amazon, will add about 2,000 titles to […]
House Subcom Serious About Cybersecurity
Experts Say Threat is Growing, as Roles of MSOs,Other ISPs in Battling Attacks By Mike Reynolds (Multichannel) The concerns of House Democrats and Republicans about cybersecurity was made clear in a Hill hearing Wednesday unusually free of the partisan divides that often surface in hearings in the House Communications Subcommittee. During the hearing on “Cybersecurity: […]
Legal, Policy Frameworks Can Hamper Cybersecurity
By William Jackson (GCN) Tools are available to counter many of the threats to today’s digital infrastructure, but a legal and policy framework created for an analog world often hampers their implementation, a panel of industry representatives told a House panel. There was some disagreement among the panelists testifying Feb. 8 before subcommittee of the […]
