DHS Official Says ISPs Would Likely Be Covered By Obama Cybersecurity Plan

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

Via The Hill.

[snip]

A top Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity official told
lawmakers Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would likely be among the
private-sector firms that would be subject to federal oversight under
the White House's proposed cybersecurity legislation.

At a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime
and Terrorism, DHS acting Deputy Under Secretary Greg Schaffer
acknowledged that under the White House's plan, ISPs would likely be
among the private firms deemed critical infrastructure and therefore
subject to federal security standards.

Schaffer emphasized that the administration's legislative proposal
doesn't explicitly lay out which industries would be deemed critical
and core critical infrastructure, but witnesses at Tuesday's hearing
mentioned transportation, financial services, utilities and healthcare
providers as among those sectors that could be included.

Subpanel Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) noted that ISPs are in a
unique position to know when consumers' computers are under attack or
have been enslaved by malicious botnets. He suggested ISPs should take
action against infected devices in the event consumers are not aware
of the breach.

[snip]

More:
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/167647-dhs-official-says-isps-would-likely-be-covered-by-obama-cybersecurity-plan

FYI,

- ferg

-- 
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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