With recent attacks on critical infrastructure here and abroad the unspoken elephant in the room thanks to Stuxnet, the bipartisan Cybersecurity Act of 2012 was introduced late last week that would require companies to cooperate with the federal government to reinforce their network defenses.

 
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR3523) now working its way through Congress “encourages” the private sector to voluntarily share and exchange information with members of the “intelligence community.” But does HR3523 dilute years of privacy data protection in the name of security?

California Rep. Mary Bono Mack has introduced a bill to create a national standard for data breach notification, and it is just one of many pieces of legislation now under review in both houses of Congress.