House panel set to debate CISPA

The House Intelligence Committee will meet behind closed doors on the afternoon of April 10 to mark up a controversial cybersecurity bill before it heads to the floor for a vote, which could come as early as next week.

The Intelligence panel will weigh a handful of amendments to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which is expected to be the cornerstone bill in a set of cyber-focused measures that the House is set to vote on this month. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) have agreed to back a handful of amendments that they say are intended to address the concerns of privacy advocates and the White House. The bill is aimed at encouraging intelligence-sharing about cyber threats between the government and industry, but privacy groups have warned that the measure would put the privacy of people's personal information at risk.