Sen Collins says DHS should lead cybersecurity, not White House

Sen Susan Collins (R-Maine), the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is preparing cybersecurity legislation that would give the Homeland Security Department -- and not what she calls a "White House czar" -- primary authority to protect federal civilian and private computer networks from attacks. "We need more rigorous and aggressive cybersecurity standards, both for the federal government and in helping the private sector improve cybersecurity practices," she said. Her measure will add to an increasingly jumbled landscape of cybersecurity legislation.