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Langevin presses cybersecurity on two fronts
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Langevin said that unless someone’s been the victim of hacking or identify theft, it’s hard for most people to focus daily on the issue of cybersecurity.
“We’re trying to raise awareness on the vulnerabilities that exist in the digital world to the country, and to businesses,” he said.
He also said he’s pleased with the work that the Pentagon has been doing in setting up the ” target=”_blank”> Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th President, convened by the Center for Strategic and International Studies shortly after President Obama’s election. The panel performed an in-depth, governmentwide look at everything related to cybersecurity, and then issued a report on the matter for the incoming President.
Langevin also is trying to address cyber issues through legislation. He recently added a provision to the House approved Defense authorization bill that would let the White House beef up the role of its cyber-coordinator. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is planning to merge two cybersecurity bills one authored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), and the other sponsored by Jay Rockefeller (D.-W.Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), and bring them to the floor for a vote shortly after the Senate returns to session in September.
“I certainly hope the Senate can move the issue forward, and they can get their act together on cybersecurity,” Langevin said. “I know that they’re talking about it, but as we all know, it can be very difficult, it seems, to move legislation over there in the Senate, particularly when you need a two-thirds vote to pass legislation over there.”
Langevin also noted the House is working on an update to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which is currently being considered by a pair of House committees.
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