Carper Bows Cyber Threat Sharing Act
Senate Homeland Security ranking member Tom Carper, D-Del., introduced the Cyber Threat Sharing Act (S-456) Wednesday. The bill largely mirrors the White House’s January Department of Homeland Security-centric (DHS) cybersecurity information sharing proposal (see 1501130059), though Carper’s office said it…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
also includes input from privacy advocates and the private sector. “We must all work together to find a legislative solution that will address our cybersecurity needs while upholding the civil liberties we all cherish,” Carper said in a news release. Carper, Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and other committee members sought stakeholder input in late January on possible information sharing legislation (see 1501280060). Carper’s introduction of S-456 came two days before President Barack Obama is expected to announce an executive action that would focus on private sector information sharing at DHS.