Prospects for enacting an ambitious and comprehensive national cybersecurity protection program during this year’s congressional session may be fading. That’s the bad news. The good news is that various approaches to a cybersecurity agenda may be melding into a program that is acceptable to politicians of both parties and to e-commerce businesses as well. In addition, it now appears that the way to achieve legislative success is to enact smaller, more manageable components of a cybersecurity program rather than a major comprehensive bill.
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Cybersecurity Proposals Begin to Meld
Posted by: John K. Higgins October 18, 2011 05:00 AMProspects for enacting an ambitious and comprehensive national cybersecurity protection program during this year’s congressional session may be fading. That’s the bad news. The good news is that various approaches to a cybersecurity agenda may be melding into a program that is acceptable to politicians of both parties and to e-commerce businesses as well. In addition, it now appears that the way to achieve legislative success is to enact smaller, more manageable components of a cybersecurity program rather than a major comprehensive bill.