Legislation to Update Government's Defenses Against Hacking

 The "U.S. Information and Communications Enhancement Act of 2009," was introduced to the Senate yesterday; this proposed legislation would update the Federal Information Security Management Act, or FISMA by proposing methods by which the federal government can update its cyber-security.  The legislation

calls for the creation of hacker squads to test the defenses of federal agency networks. In addition, agencies would be required to show that they can effectively detect and respond to the latest cyber attacks on their information systems.

The legislation also envisions the creation of a council of chief information security officers, which would call on CISOs from each federal agency to share information about threats they're facing and the best ways to combat them.

A brief article on the legislation is in the Washington Post. 

KP