Cybersecurity ID'd as Top Tech Policy Priority Among Plurality of Voters in Poll
A 40 percent plurality of registered voters in a Morning Consult poll said cyberattack prevention should be Congress’ top technology agenda focus this year, said Morning Consult, an email briefing service, Monday. The House passed two cybersecurity information sharing bills…
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last week -- the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (HR-1560) and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (HR-1731) -- that House leaders will now combine into a single bill for Senate consideration (see 1504230062 and 1504220066). The full Senate hasn't voted on its own information sharing bill, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754). Data security standards ranked as voters’ second most-identified top tech policy priority, getting the support of 19 percent of voters. Surveillance reform ranked third at 10 percent of voters, while net neutrality came in fourth at 8 percent and drone regulation ranked fifth at 7 percent. Morning Consult said it surveyed 1,595 registered voters April 17-20 for the poll.