Senate approves package containing cyber incident reporting mandate, FISMA modernization

The Senate has approved a major legislative package setting up a cyber incident reporting regime under CISA and reforms to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act and GSA’s cloud security program.

The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act “would require critical infrastructure owners and operators and civilian federal agencies to report to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) if they experience a substantial cyber-attack,” according to a release from the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The bill was passed today by...