“Will the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breaches, which exposed the personal information of more than 22 million individuals, make it more or less likely that Congress will enact cyber-threat information sharing legislation?” That’s the question examined in a Gov Info Security report that suggests the answer could be coming next month when the Senate may consider the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), approved earlier this year by the Senate Intelligence Committee, which would “promote the voluntary sharing of cyber-threat information between business and government and among businesses.” The report also looks at the recently introduced FISMA Reform Act. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said, "These cybersecurity issues are enormously significant."
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