There were 41 bills introduced in the House and Senate
yesterday. Two of those bills may be of specific interest to readers of this
blog:
HR 2602
To enhance enforcement of laws related to cybercrimes against persons, and for
other purposes. Rep.
Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
S 1478
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive plan to
support civil authorities in response to cyber attacks by foreign powers, and
for other purposes. Sen.
Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
I doubt that HR 2602 will specifically apply to control
system security issues, but I am concerned that it may have adverse
consequences for security researchers. I’ll just have to wait and see what the
actual bill looks like.
S 1478 will at least be interesting, particularly the
definitions it proposes (or doesn’t) for ‘cyber attacks’ and ‘foreign powers’.
I am more concerned about how it deals (or doesn’t) with the attribution
problem.
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