Tucked into that must-pass legislation is a version of CISA that was hammered out by a small group of lawmakers from three separate cybersecurity information sharing bills that passed the House and Senate earlier this year.
The Department of Homeland Security itself in July that the bill could overwhelm the agency with data of "dubious value", while at the same time "sweep[ing] away privacy protections".
Companies that share cyber data with the US government in its fight against hackers would get broadened legal immunity, under a precedent-setting proposal likely to become part of a major spending bill being developed in Congress, sources close to the negotiations said on Tuesday.
A handful of privacy-oriented legislators from both parties, Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), to other legislators expressing concerns about privacy protections being stripped out.
A cybersecurity rider more likely to be included within the $1.1 trillion spending bill is drawing fire from members of both the right & the left who're involved it will enhance the authorities's surveillance power.
Because the bill is critical to keep the government running, there's no way the White House would ever veto it, and there would be no chance to re-amend the cybersecurity provisions - even though they threatened to veto a cybersecurity bill two years ago that was just as bad on the privacy front than this one. In theory, the DHS will carefully examine and share this data if necessary with institutions like the NSA to provide insightful advice and information related to the specific attacks that certain organizations face.
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Larycia Hawkins, who is a Christian, said she chose to wear the hijab over advent to show her "solidarity for her Muslim neighbor".
The latest version of the controversial was crammed into the spending bill, and it reportedly removes key privacy protections, including a requirement that personal information unrelated to cybersecurity threats be "scrubbed" before it is shared.
Under the bill, most of the cyber threat information shared with the government will only be used to minimize risks. It creates the ability for the president to set up "portals" for agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, so that companies hand information directly to law enforcement and intelligence agencies instead of to the Department of Homeland Security.
As you may recall, Congress and the White House have been pushing for a "cybersecurity" bill, for a few years now, that has never actually been a cybersecurity bill. Under current laws, companies already share attack information with the federal government and within industry groups.
There is still some hesitation by some as to whether or not this bill belongs in the omnibus bill, or if it should go through the regular process, with a debate and a full vote on this entirely new and different version of CISA. It now includes a version of CISA as well.
"There's been a bunch of negative changes to the bill over the last couple of weeks", Greer says. He said the liability protections would be narrowly applied to those that participate in the voluntary data-sharing program.
But a vocal faction of tech companies, including Apple, , and Reddit, has joined Sen.
