The United States House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass legislation creating the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 

The famous countdown clock in Times Square has just ushered in 2018, but there’s another clock that’s ticking – the one that marks the coming of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This new set of stringent rules governing data protection massively impacts organizations around the world. Is your enterprise prepared? 

The US House of Representatives passed a bill that would provide cybersecurity guidance to the nation’s small businesses.

Illinois has become the 15th state to require cybersecurity training for all state employees.

The Secret Service is urging U.S. lawmakers to do more to prevent the cyber thefts similar to those that have recently hit Target Corp and other major retailers. According to William Noonan, a top agent with the Secret Service’s cyber operations branch, “Legislative action could help to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, reduce regulatory costs on U.S. companies, and strengthen law enforcement’s ability to conduct effective investigations.”

Bipartisan legislation to fortify U.S. cybersecurity has been approved by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, and the measure – the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 – will heat to the full Homeland Security Committee for consideration.

In response to the growing cyber threat, Congress has been busy drafting legislation.