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There is a big difference between what a bill says it does and what it will actually do. In this case, I am very confident that this bill will not improve the
by aero142 15y ago
There is a big difference between what a bill says it does and what it will actually do. In this case, I am very confident that this bill will not improve the security problem you describe. I'm not even sure it's possible to write such a bill even with the best of intentions and the brightest people.
- snowwrestler 15y agoYou have to understand the problems that CISPA seeks to solve. 1) Corporations will not share cybersecurity vulnerability data for fear of attracting lawsuits. As a result, known, relatively simple attacks succeed at company after company after company. CISPA seeks to solve this problem by limiting liability for voluntary data sharing. In theory this will help improve everyone's security by improving the dissemination of knowledge. 2) Federal cybersecurity intelligence is classified and therefore not available to private companies, who by the way run the vast majority of the U.S. data infrastructure. CISPA commands federal intelligence services to create a way to share their classified data with companies. Again: better dissemination of knowledge. Both of these would help improve security.