[governance] New Cyber Security Bill in US Senate

Fri Jan 25 15:53:34 EST 2013

Dear All,

The US Senate has introduced a new Cybersecurity Bill through Senators John
D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and
Transportation Committee, Tom Carper, incoming Chairman of the Senate
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Dianne Feinstein,
Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence where they made a
Press Release, see:
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=7a7124d7-190c-4160-abf3-4012c2db737c

To see the Bill, visit:
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=b678eb9a-b5c1-4540-aca3-3e857c7627da

This is interesting and relevant as far as it pertains to critical
information infrastructure that the US considers to be part of the US
Infrastructure. Whilst the models point to public private collaboration
which makes sense because it is the private sector that controls much of
the infrastructure anyway except in situations where if there were a State
of Emergency and the rights to control/access infrastructure by the State
and it has its challenges. Aside from the public private model there should
be room for civil society in the equation as someone has to speak out and
act as a watchdog in times when it is needed.

Kind Regards,

-- 
Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
P.O. Box 17862
Suva
Fiji

Twitter: @SalanietaT
Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
Tel: +679 3544828
Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
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