Movement Forward on Cybersecurity Legislation

Cybersecurity continues to be an important issue on Capitol Hill.  Last week, Senate Majority Leader Reid introduced the Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011.  

Among the goals of the bill are to “safeguard critical infrastructure, including the electric grid, military assets, the financial sector and telecommunications networks. It urges incentives for the private sector to assess the risk of cyber terrorism and take action to prevent it and promote investments in the American IT sector, which will create high-paying jobs.”   

This bill has received bipartisan support.  In our environment of partisanship, it is reassuring that legislators from both sides of the aisle can agree that something must be done to protect America’s critical infrastructure against cyber threats and attacks.