House Overwhelmingly Passes Cybersecurity Bill

eldavojohn writes "The Caucus, a NY Times Blog, is reporting on the overwhelming majority vote (422 yeas) the House gave a new cybersecurity bill. The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, H.R. 4061 has a number of interesting provisions. Representative Michael Arcuri, a Democrat of New York who sponsored the bill called cybersecurity the 'Manhattan Project of our generation' and estimated the US needs 500 to 1,000 more 'cyber warriors' every year in order to keep up with potential enemies. The new bill 'authorizes one single entity, the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to represent the government in negotiations over international standards and orders the White House office of technology to convene a cybersecurity university-industry task force to guide the direction of future research.'"

Comments

Cyber Warrior positions available?

[PingSpike]

I knew all those years playing Quake would come in handy eventually.

Re:Cyber Warrior positions available?

[Alsee]

I am Cyber Warrior. I was once likely to be eaten by a grue.

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eeep

[the_Bionic_lemming]

The house overwhelmingly approved? That means it'll add to the deficit, be largely useless, and misused by RIAA.

God help us all.

Cyber Warriors....

[neogeographer]

Come out to playyyyyyyyy

Private sector

[gmuslera]

A private company could be delegated for most of the dirty stuff. OCP, Cyberdyne, and Umbrella Corporation already proposed themselves for that task.

I'll be your John Wayne

[elrous0]

the US needs 500 to 1,000 more 'cyber warriors' every year in order to keep up with potential enemies

I'm ready to serve my country. But if you want me on the team I'll need Top Secret clearance, one of those cool James Bond gun pens, a military uniform so I can get laid in bars, and a lifetime supply of Diet Mountain Dew Code Red and Doritos.