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In The Lame Duck, How Congress Makes Cybersecurity A Non-Partisan Priority (Forbes): Cybersecurity could be a major legislative focus of the lame duck Congress, a recent report suggests. The article says that the long series of recent events has Congress scrambling, mostly in the form of proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act. The report says that one change would be raising the priority level of Cybersecurity to Combatant Command level. The report says that may still not be enough, however, as critical vulnerabilities will still exist. The full text of the article can be found here.
- OMB tries again to define a major cyber incident (Federal News Radio): A recent article discusses a government attempt to create clearer guidelines in the cyber realm, including what a “major incident” is. The definition comes from FISMA guidance to agencies for 2017. The report defines a major cyber incident as “any incident that is likely to result in demonstrable harm to the national security interests, foreign relations, or economy of the United States or to the public confidence, civil liberties, or public health and safety of the American people.” The author of the report believes this is a fairly high standard. The full text of the article can be found here.
- What Trump’s Win Means for Cybersecurity (Wired): Recent commentary on this website discussed the cyber policies of each Presidential candidate. Now that the votes are in, a weekly collection of articles from Wired focused on post-election cyber. The post discussed some of the implications of what cyber will mean under President-Elect Trump, including the potential for increased surveillance. The article makes clear that the potential for increased surveillance was made possible by President Obama. The report also suggests the potential for more attacks from foreign nations. The full article can be found here.
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