The House passed a defense policy bill that would extend the 2015 Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act for another decade, preserving legal protections for sharing threat data between the private sector and the federal government. The measure still faces Senate opposition and final negotiations, while the House and Senate also differ on how to reorganize the Pentagon’s cyber leadership structure. #CISA2015 #NDAA #WIMWIGAct #RandPaul
Keypoints
- The House approved the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act by a 216-212 vote.
- The bill includes a provision to reauthorize CISA 2015 for ten more years.
- CISA 2015 supports information sharing on criminal and nation-state hacking threats.
- The Senate has not included a matching extension and opposition remains strong.
- The House and Senate differ on whether to merge the Pentagon’s cyber leadership roles.
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