Cybersecurity Act of 2009
The proposed content of this bill makes for a variety of interesting discussions:
http://cdt.org/security/CYBERSEC4.pdf
http://thomas.loc.gov/ (search for S.773)
…not least of which is a proposal to license all cybersecurity professionals within 3 years. Else, you can’t do business with the government. (See “Section 7″ starting on page 21 of the PDF).
“Beginning 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any individual to engage in business in the United States, or to be employed in the United States, as a provider of cybersecurity services to any Federal agency or an information system or network designated by the President, or the President’s designee, as a critical infrastructure information system or network, who is not licensed and certified under the program.”
It was pointed out to me that an existing DOD regulation pretty much already requires these conditions, albeit limited to DOD employees and contractors rather than all persons seeking to do business with any part of the US Government:
freshdefense.net Blog » Cybersecurity Act of 2009 Revisited said,
September 9, 2009 @ 8:25 pm
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