Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act not 'Surveillance' Bill, NCTA Says
NCTA defended the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754) Wednesday, saying concerns about how the bill would affect privacy and civil liberties protections “have been heard and important changes have been made to the bill to ensure it can in…
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no way be misused as a 'surveillance' bill.” S-754 is likely to return to the Senate floor after Congress' upcoming one-week recess after months of negotiations to assuage critics' concerns about the bill, though privacy advocates are continuing to oppose it (see 1510060046). S-754's “scope is extremely narrow, and specifically aimed at protecting business, individuals, and critical Internet infrastructure from malicious cyber attacks,” NCTA said. “It does this by allowing companies to share cyber threat indicators, or CTIs, with other companies and the DHS portal in real time through a mandated automated process.”