Cybersecurity not just a federal issue, lawmakers argue

From: FederalNewsRadio.com 1500am

By Jory Heckman | @jmheckman

The House passed a bill on Monday that formally authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to train state and local law enforcement officials in counter-cyber crime techniques.

“The fact that our federal law enforcement is seeing a cyber element to almost every national security threat and crime problem is incredibly compelling, because you can be certain that our state and local law enforcement are seeing the same trend, but with a lot fewer opportunities to learn how to address it,” bill sponsor Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) said on the House floor Monday.

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