The Hill reports the House of Representatives will vote on two cybersecurity bills this week—likely this Wednesday and Thursday. Each bill—one from House Homeland Security and the other the House Intelligence Committee—would provide companies with legal liability protections. The bills appear to have wide backing from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as well as other government officials and industry groups, the report states. Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, “There is a good group of senators who have approached us about saying they want to work for additional privacy protections when this bill comes to the floor.” Privacy advocates are concerned the bill provides the government with a new way to conduct widespread surveillance.
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