[Infowarrior] - Congress to work infosec miracle?

[Richard Forno]

So as I read this, Congress wants to *legislate down* the number of  
successful network attacks.  I had no idea such promising capabilities  
were available to us in defense of the Nation!   </sarcasm>

-rf



Proposed cybersecurity bill to pressure DHS
Published: 2008-05-09

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-RI, introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to  
hold the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for  
investigating every cyber attack and for shoring up its network  
security.

The bill would better define the roles and responsibilities of the  
agency's chief information officer, require that the department reduce  
the number of successful attacks against its networks and mandate that  
the DHS investigate the state of contractors' network security before  
signing a contract with them.

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The bill has been designated the Homeland Security Network Defense and  
Accountability Act of 2008 (H.R. 5983).

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