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Warner and McCaul Introduce Bipartisan Legislation For Commission On Digital Security

Wednesday, March 9th, 2016

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) introduced bipartisan legislation to both establish an independent commission on digital security issues on Feb. 29.The Digital Security Commission Act of 2016 (S. 2604 in the Senate and H.R. 4651 in the House) would establish a National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges meant to bring together all the stakeholders on cybersecurity and encryption security issues including tech leaders, law enforcement, the intelligence community, privacy and civil liberties advocates, computer…

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