http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2438535 By Jared Serbu Reporter Federal News Radio June 27, 2011 Experts from outside government criticized the White House's legislative proposal for cybersecurity Friday, saying the bill the administration has proposed could make the nation's critical infrastructure less secure. The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity invited testimony from witnesses outside government. The subcommittee is one of several Congressional panels tasked with developing information security policy during the current legislative session. Melissa Hathaway, who served as President Barack Obama's acting cybersecurity chief during most of 2009, told the panel Congress should closely examine the effects of the administration's proposal on industry and invite private sector input. She said this is something the White House process, which produced the legislative proposal submitted to Congress earlier this year, appears not to have done. "The administration's proposal had the opportunity to engage the private sector to inform the debate and the items within the proposal. But during the course of their review, they did not engage the private sector," she told the subcommittee. "That's why it's so important that this committee and other committees understand the second and third order effects of regulation and other market levers." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Tue Jun 28 2011 - 04:53:50 PDT
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