U.S. Chamber lists non-regulatory approaches, adopting encryption policy among priorities

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is planning to continue aggressive promotion of non-regulatory approaches to cybersecurity – citing recent actions by independent regulatory agencies as troubling – and develop an encryption policy as part of the business group's top cyber policy priorities for the waning months of the Obama administration and beyond.

Coming off a major victory last year with passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 – which the Chamber had strongly advocated for over five-plus years – the...