Tag Archives: Congress

Sounding the Alarm: New Federal Law Will Mandate the Reporting of Cybersecurity Incidents Involving Critical Infrastructure – What Companies Need to do now to be Prepared

By Sara Goldstein, Kimberly Gordy and Thomas Moran on March 18, 2022 Posted in Cybersecurity

In response to increased and persistent cybersecurity threats to American infrastructure, Congress passed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act (SACA), which President Joe Biden signed into law on March 15. SACA is likely the first of many steps toward a federal privacy and breach notification framework. Included in SACA is the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical … Continue Reading

Congress: Public Companies Need to Get Serious About Cybersecurity

By Chris Jones on December 23, 2019 Posted in Cybersecurity

As businesses of all sizes increase spending on cybersecurity – projected to top $124 billion this year – a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress wants public companies to go one step further: Install a cyber expert on their boards of directors. The Cybersecurity Disclosure Act has been introduced several times in recent years, but … Continue Reading

California Delays Privacy Law Enforcement and Congress Is Lobbied to Pre-empt the Law

By Alan L. Friel on September 25, 2018 Posted in CCPA, State Legislation

This summer California enacted, effective Jan. 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a privacy law unprecedented in the U.S. that grants California residents a broad range of European-like privacy rights. Amendments passed as SB 1121 on Aug. 31 and signed into law by Gov. Brown on Sept. 23 extend the time for the California … Continue Reading

Congressional Update on Data Privacy & Security

By William Weber on July 2, 2012 Posted in Data Breaches, Online Privacy

The rumors of the death (or at least “dearth” — of activity) of the 112th Congress are somewhat exaggerated, to morph a phrase from Mark Twain; at least regarding the last couple weeks prior to the Independence Day recess. Not only did Congress pass major legislation related to the FDA, transportation programs and student loans … Continue Reading

PRECISE Act Introduced in House to Boost Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

By Craig A. Hoffman on December 22, 2011 Posted in Cybersecurity, Federal Legislation

There has been no shortage of cybersecurity bills introduced in Congress in 2011. The Obama Administration even issued a cybersecurity legislative proposal in May 2011 that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “to work with industry to identify the core critical-infrastructure operators and to prioritize the most important cyber threats and vulnerabilities for … Continue Reading