Here Comes the Cyberecurity EO
As I noted, yesterday the Senate returned, briefly to consideration of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The rather half-hearted effort (I think that's a fair characterization) ended as was inevitable -- in fact, the motion to proceed to full consideration did no better this time around than it did last August.
I think it is clear that, at this point, legislation is dead in this Congress. The cynic in me says that this was little more than a political argument to justify the issuance of an Executive Order. We can't be sur
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As I noted, yesterday the Senate returned, briefly to consideration of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The rather half-hearted effort (I think that's a fair characterization) ended as was inevitable -- in fact, the motion to proceed to full consideration did no better this time around than it did last August.
I think it is clear that, at this point, legislation is dead in this Congress. The cynic in me says that this was little more than a political argument to justify the issuance of an Executive Order. We can't be sure, of course, that the final version will be anything like the version that has been leaked earlier this year but for a guess, that was a near-final draft. And if you want a prediction -- President Obama will issue a cyber E.O. sometime before Thanksgiving.
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as 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.
