Industry expects to see compromise Senate cybersecurity framework soon - The Hill's Hillicon Valley

Industry groups are expecting to see the latest version of the cybersecurity compromise framework from Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in the coming days.

A staff prepared draft of the framework released last month received poor reviews by some business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Information Technology Industry Council, which saw it as too regulatory. The compromise’s chances of breaking the stalemate on cybersecurity legislation in the upper chamber could be put in jeopardy if the updated version receives another round of criticism from powerful industry groups.

The framework aims to find a middle ground on a contentious measure in Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-Conn.) cybersecurity bill that would require companies that operate critical infrastructure to meet a set of security standards developed in part by the Homeland Security Department.  A group of Senate Republicans and the Chamber have argued that this measure would redirect the private sector’s focus from improving the security of its networks and systems to complying with new security rules.

For more, click the link below:


Industry expects to see compromise Senate cybersecurity framework soon - The Hill's Hillicon Valley