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Federalizing Cybersecurity: Necessary or Nitwitted?
A cybersecurity bill may be filed in the U.S. Senate expanding government enforcement to the private sector. Security practitioners say more oversight of critical infrastructure wouldn't hurt. But anything more than that probably would.
By Bill Brenner, Senior Editor
Any professional walking in with a new set of recommendations is going to hit a brick wall, he added.
If such a bill is filed, it's far from certain that it would ever become law. Private entities are certain to push back, and, even if passed in the Senate, it would have to go through the House of Representatives and White House gauntlet, a process certain to move slowly if at all.
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