Cybersecurity pros slam threat information-sharing bills

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More than 65 cybersecurity professionals and academics have come out against a trio of bills moving through Congress that are meant to enable information sharing about digital threats between businesses and the government.

In a letter sent to ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, they are urging Congress reject the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act and two similar bills. "We do not need new legal authorities to share information that helps us protect our systems from future attacks," they wrote. "Generally speaking, security practitioners can and do share this information with each other and with the federal government while still complying with our obligations under federal privacy laws." The signatories of the letter take issue with the potential privacy implications of the bills. "The bills weaken privacy law without promoting security," they said in the letter.


Cybersecurity pros slam threat information-sharing bills