Encryption, data-breach legislation top list of 'watch-fors' in 2016

The recent enactment of information-sharing legislation means that for the first time in five years there is no clear cybersecurity policy issue at the forefront of the congressional debate.

After President Obama signed the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, lawmakers and industry lobbyists began scanning the policy landscape for the next big cyber issue to be addressed through legislation. Information sharing was the top cyber issue in Congress since even before the House passed its first bill on the subject...