Charlie Mitchell reports: Congress returns this week with cybersecurity as one item on a long list of priorities that may or may not be addressed in the final months of the year. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been teed up for Senate action this fall, amid strong support from the business community. But there…
Category: Govt
Texas: Med Board lets DEA sneak peeks at patient records
Jon Cassidy writes: The Drug Enforcement Administration has been sifting through hundreds of supposedly private medical files, looking for Texas doctors and patients to prosecute without the use of warrants. Instead, the agents are tricking doctors and nurses into thinking they’re with the Texas Medical Board. When that doesn’t work, they’re sending doctors subpoenas demanding…
DARPA hires SRI to spearhead data privacy program
Kevin McCaney reports: In an effort to solve the seemingly paradoxical problem of protecting information while sharing it, military searchers have awarded a contract to SRI International to find a better way to keep proprietary and personal information under wraps. The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego, on behalf of the…
White House support for CISA worries privacy advocates
Dennis Fisher reports: While Congress is enjoying its annual summer recess, privacy advocates are worried that the White House’s recent endorsement of the controversial CISA bill–which has been criticized by DHS officials, among others–will push the information-sharing bill over the goal line. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is the latest incarnation of Congress’s decade-long effort…