[governance] Re: New Cyber Security Bill in US Senate

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear All,

I wrote an opinion piece on this, see:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130126_pandoras_box_new_us_cyber_security_bills_worm_hole_internet/

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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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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