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McCaul And Ratcliffe Introduce Cyber Sharing Bill

Monday, April 13th, 2015

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McCaul And Ratcliffe Introduce Cyber Sharing Bill

Rep. Michael McCaul, (R-Texas), chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), chairman of the subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies introduced the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancements (NCPA) Act on Monday, a bill to encourage cyber threat information sharing between and amongst and private sector and the government.“One of the greatest cyber threats to the homeland is the weakness of our power grids, and energy and water systems. A successful cyber attack on our…

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