SIIA called on congressional leaders today to enact legislation that would help the government detect cybersecurity threats. In a letter sent today, SIIA thanked Reps. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) for their bipartisan leadership with regard to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), and urged members of the House Select Intelligence Committee to support this legislation. In the letter, I commented:
Early detection and notification of cybersecurity threats is the most critical component of preventing and mitigating attacks – increasing security across the board. SIIA supports CISPA because it would provide the critical necessary framework for early detection and notification of cybersecurity threats. Specifically, CISPA would provide needed legal certainty that threat and vulnerability information voluntarily shared with the government would be provided safe harbor against the risk of lawsuits, and it would also provide a critical exemption from antitrust laws that currently discourage information exchanges between private companies.
Ken Wasch is President of SIIA. Follow the SIIA Software team on twitter at @SIIASoftware.