Congress hears criticisms of White House cyber proposal

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2438535

By Jared Serbu
Reporter
Federal News Radio
June 27, 2011

Experts from outside government criticized the White House's legislative 
proposal for cybersecurity Friday, saying the bill the administration 
has proposed could make the nation's critical infrastructure less 
secure.

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity invited 
testimony from witnesses outside government. The subcommittee is one of 
several Congressional panels tasked with developing information security 
policy during the current legislative session.

Melissa Hathaway, who served as President Barack Obama's acting 
cybersecurity chief during most of 2009, told the panel Congress should 
closely examine the effects of the administration's proposal on industry 
and invite private sector input. She said this is something the White 
House process, which produced the legislative proposal submitted to 
Congress earlier this year, appears not to have done.

"The administration's proposal had the opportunity to engage the private 
sector to inform the debate and the items within the proposal. But 
during the course of their review, they did not engage the private 
sector," she told the subcommittee. "That's why it's so important that 
this committee and other committees understand the second and third 
order effects of regulation and other market levers."

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