Tech industry pushes on cybersecurity reforms

The head of an influential technology industry lobbying group wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Sept 17 pressing him to pass cybersecurity legislation before breaking at the end of September.

Talks in the Senate have reached a standstill as stakeholders wait for Sen Reid to take action to combine dozens of competing pieces of cybersecurity legislation. There is still no apparent resolution to the turf battle over which government agency should have the authority to regulate private sector cybersecurity. TechAmerica president Phil Bond told Sen Reid that while the industry still supports comprehensive legislation, they would like to see several popular reforms enacted if no comprehensive bill looks likely to pass in the near future.