Cybersecurity
Biden Cyber Officials Back Breach Incident Reporting Mandate
- Senators say they plan to introduce such legislation soon
- CISA’s Easterly calls for cyber reporting within 24 hours
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The head of the U.S. cybersecurity enforcement agency “is a huge supporter” of bipartisan legislation to mandate that operators of critical infrastructure report data breaches to the government.
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said she backs draft legislation from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to require certain private companies, federal agencies and government contractors to report cyberattacks to the agency.