Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Capitol Hill is increasingly concerned about the lack of international laws governing cyber war. In the last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent the State Department a letter urging greater attention to the issue and one House leader introduced a bill that would require the department to produce a comprehensive cyberspace strategy. The letter and bill could actually lead to action. The Senate’s recently-passed cybersecurity bill included a companion amendment to the House bill that would mandate a cyberspace strategy from the State Department. The much-discussed hacks last year on Sony Pictures Entertainment, blamed on North Korea, forced Congress and the government to confront a number of tough questions: How do you classify different types of cyberattacks? How and when should the government respond? The lack of a playbook in these scenarios quickly became a common topic on Capitol Hill. The catastrophic intrusions at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) this summer, which exposed over 20 million federal workers’ most sensitive information, only got more lawmakers talking about the issue. It’s believed Chinese cyber spies were behind the OPM hit, thought to be the largest government data breach of all time. Now, lawmakers are stepping up the pressure on the administration. […]
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