House Science Committee Passes Two Cybersecurity Bills, Debates Sequester

摘要

Two cybersecurity bills passed the House Science Committee Thursday. Both bills — the CybersecuritynEnhancement Act and the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Researchnand Development Act — were approved by the committee after multiple amendments were added.nThe former requires federal science agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) and thenNational Institute of Standards and Technology, to develop and present to Congress "a strategic plan basednon an assessment of cybersecurity risk to guide the overall direction of Federal cybersecurity and informationnassurance research and development for information technology and networking systems." The latternamends the High Performance Computing Act to require federal science agencies to conduct periodic reviewsnand develop a strategic cybersecurity plan.