House Homeland Security Subpanel to Examine CISA Cyber Reporting Draft Bill
The House Homeland Security Cybersecurity Subcommittee plans a Wednesday virtual hearing on the draft Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act. The measure, led by subpanel Chairwoman Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., would direct the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
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Security Agency to work with stakeholders to establish requirements and processes for critical infrastructure owners and operators to report some cyber incidents to a new Cyber Incident Review Office within the agency. Cyber “first responders” would receive the information to prevent similar attacks, the bill said. The new office would be separate from CISA’s other voluntary programs, the bill said. “In the many hearings, briefings, and oversight that followed” the SolarWinds and other recent cyberattacks, “we consistently heard that the Federal government -- and CISA in particular -- needs better situational awareness about where, when, and how these attacks are happening,” Clarke said in a news release. “With better information, CISA will be able to detect malicious campaigns early, help owners and operators defend their networks, and understand long-term trends in adversary behavior.” USTelecom Senior Vice President-Cybersecurity Robert Mayer and Information Technology Industry Council General Counsel John Miller are among those set to testify. Ronald Bushar, Mandiant Global government chief technology officer, and Heather Hogsett, Bank Policy Institute senior vice president-technology and risk strategy, are also witnesses. The panel will begin at noon EDT.