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U.S. Cybersecurity's Path from Legislative Debate to Executive Action

That some action is needed in the realm of cybersecurity is the one thing beyond debate. Over the last year, supporters of various versions of legislation have emphasized that the nation's critical infrastructure ' including electrical grids, water stations and telecommunications systems ' is a target for cyber-attacks.

18 minute read August 30, 2012 at 01:34 PM
By
Marty Dunn, Jon Sallet, and Jennifer Chang
U.S. Cybersecurity's Path from Legislative Debate to Executive Action

The effective defeat recently of the proposed Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (S. 2105) (www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s2105/text) due to the failure in the Senate to secure the 60 votes needed to cut off a filibuster, appears to the mark the end of this year's efforts to enact legislation confronting the threat of cybersecurity to critical U.S. infrastructure.

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