Advisors' call for new cyber commission spurs discussions on federal roles

Key industry players are digging into a new report from presidential advisors on critical-infrastructure cybersecurity, with some raising questions about its recommendations to create new entities on info-sharing and cyber risk mitigation, while others underscore the document's sense of urgency and say it could provide a needed jolt.

“What exists today is good,” said one source from a critical-infrastructure sector. But the source added that the system could be strengthened along the lines suggested by the President's National Infrastructure Advisory...