Proposed Law Would Give DHS Power Over Privately Owned IT Infrastructure

CelticWhisper writes "H.R. 3674, the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act (PRECISE Act), would allow the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to require improved security practices from those businesses managing systems whose disruption could prove detrimental to critical life-sustaining or national-security initiatives." As the article points out, this is just "one of 30 or so such bills currently percolating on the Hill."

Comments

Re:Does the KGB (Oops! I meant "DHS")...

[mcavic]

The KGB just called. They'd like an apology.

Re:Who is going to decide what "improved" means?

[SJHillman]

You need to upgrade all of your Linux servers to Windows. Our friends in Redmond assure us this is an improvement of utmost importance.

Re:Regardless of your stance on big/small governme

[ColdWetDog]

does the DHS even have the necessary expertise in IT security ?

Of course not. What a silly question.

Understanding something is not a requirement for supervising it. Ask your boss.