Sen Mikulski joins chorus calling for cybersecurity executive order

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is urging President Barack Obama to issue an executive order on cybersecurity, saying the country can't wait for Congress to act.

Sen Mikulski is one of the co-sponsors of the Cybersecurity Act, which failed to attract enough Republican support to clear the Senate last month. "I remain a strong advocate for the bill and hope that it will one day be passed by the Senate," she wrote in a letter sent last week. "However, the need for better protection of our nation’s critical infrastructure cannot wait for Senate procedures and politics to work themselves out — we must act now to safeguard our country from potentially devastating attacks to our power grid, financial systems and other vital infrastructure."