Does Bill Ban President From Shuttering The Net?

By Eric Chabrow

The Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity Act of 2010 adopts a carrot and twig approach to winning businesses cooperation on information security. It's heavy on incentives - the carrot - and light on regulation - the twig. No thick stick here, more of friendly jostling to get businesses to comply with initiatives to secure the nation's critical IT infrastructure.

The legislation, S. 773, comes up for a vote Wednesday before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and if approved, would become the first major piece of cybersecurity legislation to reach the Senate floor this Congress.

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