I have written about cybersecurity legislation, covering the House bill called CISPA. This week it’s the Senate’s turn with the Cyber Security Act of 2012 (PDF). One thing that always jumps out at me when looking at these bills is that they get away without a problem statement and without explaining how the bill is supposed to solve the problem. When you look at the text of the bill all you get for motivation is “To enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastru...

I have written about cybersecurity legislation, covering the House bill called CISPA. This week it’s the Senate’s turn with the Cyber Security Act of 2012 (PDF). One thing that always jumps out at me when looking at these bills is that they get away without a problem statement and without explaining how the bill is supposed to solve the problem. When you look at the text of the bill all you get for motivation is “To enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastru...