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With respect to the newly proposed SECURE IT Act, it's awesome we have the opportunity to continue to drive the dialogue on how we advance our protection in cyberspace for America in a global context. Over the past few weeks, the Senate has been preparing to take up cybersecurity legislation aimed at the protection of our nation’s critical infrastructure, including energy grids, financial markets and other institutions central to the lives and livelihoods of Americans. This is important work and an opportunity to address the growing and maturing cyber threats we face as a country.  Though there are differences of opinion on how we arrive, we all agree we need to get there.
 
Several elements of the previously-proposed Senate bill as well as the SECURE IT Act advance the goals of the sharing of threat information and the best practices between government and private industry, including: 1) conducting sector risk assessments to identify gaps, 2) updating the F! ederal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), 3) improving cyber workforce development, 4) addressing criminal penalties, and 5) investing in cyber R&D.

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