Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) introduced legislation this month to subsidize data breach insurance for businesses while encouraging practices that would keep them from ever having to use it. The Data Breach Insurance Act would offer a tax deduction of 15 percent of the cost of breach insurance. Perlmutter said he has received positive feedback for the […]
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would restructure how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) protects critical infrastructure from digital threats. “This bill removes bureaucratic barriers at DHS so it can more effectively carry out the authorities passed by Congress in the last two years,” Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) said […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed a vote on a widely supported email privacy bill amid concerns from a handful of Republicans. The authors of the bill — Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) — asked that a vote be delayed for a few week after a series of amendments were filed late […]
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