SIIA Calls for Support for Cybersecurity Legislation
For Immediate Release
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SIIA Calls for Support for Cybersecurity Legislation
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, today called on congressional leaders 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, SIIA President Ken Wasch 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."
About SIIA
SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. SIIA represents approximately 700 member companies worldwide that develop software and digital information content. Information technology (IT) and software security are critical issues to SIIA’s members, many of whom strive to develop safe, secure and state-of the-art products that effectively serve their commercial and government customers alike, while protecting their intellectual property. For more information, visit www.siia.net.