Bills Introduced – 12-02-14

Yesterday there were 12 bills introduced in the House and Senate, but only one may be of specific interest to readers of this blog:

H Res 769 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the healthcare, energy, telecommunications, and other sectors of the United States economy should continue their sector-specific efforts to protect critical infrastructure, to prevent information security breaches, and to prevent cybersecurity breaches. Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]

Actually this may be one of the silliest feel-good resolutions that I have ever had the dubious pleasure to have read. After listing the healthcare, the energy, and the telecommunications sectors in identically worded security exhortations, it lumps everyone else into the following:

“(O)ther industry sectors should continue their sector-specific efforts to protect critical infrastructure, to prevent information security breaches, and to prevent cybersecurity breaches (other than for research and development purposes).”

I’m sure that businesses are going to re-double their efforts after hearing this stirring oratory from Congress. PLEASE