Variety of high-stakes policy ‘asks’ could create a historical moment for lawmakers on cybersecurity

Lawmakers are facing the most significant cyber legislative to-do list since passage of the landmark Cybersecurity Act of 2015, with action coming on Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations, a push growing for IT modernization at the state level, and a call for liability protection related to supply-chain security among the congressional issues in play.

The congressional calendar has been overturned by the COVID-19 crisis, but even amid that all-encompassing challenge, lawmakers could be poised to deliver on elements of a robust...