Lawmakers Push Cyber Updates in Senate Defense Bill
Amendments filed to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act by Senator Angus King (I-ME) and others would implement more than a dozen recommendations from the Solarium Commission which King co-chaired. They include:
- An information sharing environment and forensic malware repository between CISA and the NSA
- A Bureau of Cyber Statistics at the Department of Commerce
- A Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technology at the State Department
- A strategy to secure foundational internet protocols and email
- Security certification and labeling for information and communication technology products
- Limiting the CISA director to a five-year term
- Biennial tabletop cybersecurity exercises
- A select committee in the Senate to focus on cybersecurity
