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IP: Cyberterror Bill Keeps Company Secrets
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:32:18 -0400
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:56:47 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com> X-Sender: >X-Sender: klp@mail To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Cyberterror Bill Keeps Company Secrets http://www.securityfocus.com/news/17 Cyberterror Bill Keeps Company Secrets The "Cyber Security Information Act," to be announced Wednesday, would keep vulnerability information away from the public. By Kevin Poulsen April 11, 2000 3:27 PM PST Sensitive information about computer network vulnerabilities and intrusions transferred from the private sector to the federal government would be shielded from public disclosure, under a bill set to be announced Wednesday by Representatives Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Jim Moran (D-Va.). The proposed legislation would carve out a new exemption to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a law used primarily by journalists which allows a certain degree of public access to government files. Companies have cited FOIA as a roadblock to the public-private partnership envisioned by President Clinton's cyberterrorism policy. The Administration has long pushed for the creation of an Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) which would act as a central repository for cyberthreat data, both among companies, and between corporations and the government. But the private sector has proven reluctant to give agencies potentially sensitive and embarrassing information that could be accessible to the public through FOIA. An advanced draft of the proposed "Cyber Security Information Act" obtained by SecurityFocus.com would allow federal agencies to specifically designate requests for information as FOIA exempt. Anything obtained in response to such a request would be kept confidential, and "may not be used by any Federal entity, agency or authority or by any third party, directly or indirectly, in any civil action." ...
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