McCain et. al. take on Lieberman-Collins
As predicted, a group of leading Senate Republicans (McCain, Hutchison, Grassley, Chambliss, Murkowski and Coats) have introduced an alternative cybersecurity bill that will be in direct competition with the Lieberman-Collins proposal. Styled as a complete substitute and alternative, the McCain bill is reported to differ from the Lieberman-Collins proposal in three significant ways:
- It has no regulatory provisions at
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As predicted, a group of leading Senate Republicans (McCain, Hutchison, Grassley, Chambliss, Murkowski and Coats) have introduced an alternative cybersecurity bill that will be in direct competition with the Lieberman-Collins proposal. Styled as a complete substitute and alternative, the McCain bill is reported to differ from the Lieberman-Collins proposal in three significant ways:
- It has no regulatory provisions at all -- in effect challenging the Lieberman-Collins conclusion that a new regulatory structure is needed;
- It has a much less directive approach to information sharing that is likely to cause some consternation in privacy and civil liberties circles; and
- Unlike the Collins-Lieberman bill, the McCain bill contains a title with enhanced criminal penalties for cyber crimes.
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company. He formerly served as a senior advisor to The Chertoff Group and deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University, a senior fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a board member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
