Rep Patrick Meehan, rising congressional star on cybersecurity

[Commentary] Rep Patrick Meehan (R-PA) played an important role in advancing three new pieces of bipartisan legislation that will become law.

Two of the bills he supported are aimed at preventing cyberattacks -- the National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014 and the Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act -- and another bill, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Acts Act of 2014, seeks to enhance physical and cyber protection for chemical facilities. As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, he serves as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies. It is very reassuring to have a person of Rep Meehan's capabilities leading the charge on countering the potentially catastrophic challenges we are all facing in cybersecurity and homeland security.

[Chuck Brooks serves as Vice President/Client Executive at Xerox]