The “Protecting Cyber Networks Act” has been added to the growing list of cyber threat information-sharing legislations which are pending before Congress.
The PCNA, introduced this week by leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, would provide liability protections to businesses that share cyber threat information with the Government, and furnish safeguards to shield citizens’ personally identifiable information that could appear in shared data.
One of the bill’s sponsors, Adam Schiff, the US Representative for California’s 28th congressional district, said that further changes could be made to the act in order to gain broader support. “It’s my hope that the House takes up this bipartisan bill soon after the House Intelligence Committee advances it, and that we work with the Senate, the White House and outside stakeholders to make any necessary improvements on its way to the president’s desk.”
PCNA sponsors say the bill could serve as compromise legislation on cyber threat information sharing. Unlike a similar bill offered by the Senate Intelligence Committee – the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA – PCNA would provide liability protection for businesses that share cyber threat indicators with one another and the federal Fovernment as long as it does not go through the NSA or the Department of Defense. In contrast, CISA would allow for sharing of cyberthreat data with DoD and intelligence agencies.
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