From: Hillicon Valley/The Hill’s Technology Blog
By Brendan Sasso
A coalition of leading Senate Democrats said on Wednesday that enacting legislation to better protect the nation’s critical computer systems from hackers will be a priority this year.
Senate Republicans blocked a vote on the president’s preferred cybersecurity bill last year, warning that it would burden businesses and do little to improve security.
Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Commerce Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, introduced a resolution on Wednesday stating that gaps in cybersecurity “pose one of the most serious and rapidly growing threats to both the national security and the economy of the United States.”
The resolution is co-sponsored by Democratic Sens. Carl Levin (Mich.), Barbara Mikulski (Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Chris Coons (Del.)
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