Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Fails in Senate -- " A moment of disappointment..."

By Cynthia J. Larose

CNN reports that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (SB 3414) has failed to pass the US Senate.   A cloture vote failed by a vote of 42-46, mostly along party lines.

Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced the bill.

"This is a moment of disappointment that I really cannot conceal," Lieberman said after the vote. "But the threat of cyberattack is so real, so urgent and so clearly growing that I am not going to be petulant about this."

It is unlikely that cybersecurity legislation will reappear before the election.

Read more at CNN.com - here.

 

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    Member / Co-Chair, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice

    Cynthia J. Larose is Chair of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, a Certified Information Privacy Professional-US (CIPP-US), and a Certified Information Privacy Professional-Europe (CIPP-E). She works with clients in various industries to develop comprehensive information security programs on the front end, and provides timely counsel when it becomes necessary to respond to a data breach.