This is “Stop Cyber Spying Week” and many civil liberties groups and advocates are raising the awareness of CISPA. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU are against it, Microsoft and Facebook are for it. Here’s the info on CISPA, the current privacy bill in Congress that is scheduled for vote on April 23, 2012.
H.R. 3523 – CISPA Cybersecurity Bill in Congress
- H.R. 3523: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (Sponsor: Rep. Michael “Mike” Rogers (R-MI8); already has 100 Co-sponsors)
Organizations Against CISPA – HR 3523
- The Constitution Project
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Fight for the Future
- Free Press, Reporters Without Borders
- Sunlight Foundation, and TechFreedom.
Companies Supporting CISPA – HR 3523
- AT&T
- Boeing
- BSA
- Business Roundtable
- CSC
- COMPTEL
- CTIA – The Wireless Association
- Cyber, Space & Intelligence Association
- Edison Electric
- EMC
- Exelon
- The Financial Services Roundtable
- IBM
- Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance
- Information Technology Industry Council
- Intel
- Internet Security Alliance
- Lockheed Martin
- Microsoft
- National Cable & Telecommunications Association
- NDIA
- Oracle
- Symantec
- TechAmerica
- US Chamber of Commerce
- US Telecom – The Broadband Association
- Verizon
Other Cybersecurity Bills in Congress
- H.R. 3674: Precise Act of 2011 (Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-CA3)
- S. 2151 Secure IT (Sponsor: Sen McCain, John (AZ); introduced 3/1/2012)
- S. 2105 Cybersecurity Act (Sponsor: Sen Liebrman, Joseph I. (CT); introduced 2/14/2012)
Sources:
Wikipedia
InformationWeek
GovTrack.us