Security News > 2021 > April > Senator discusses priorities for advancing national cybersecurity legislation
The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Sen. Mark Warner said he is "Very optimistic" that national cybersecurity legislation can pass that will be "Broadly bipartisan with broad industry support" during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-sponsored webinar Tuesday.
The proposed legislation will be separate from more longstanding debates about national cyber breach notifications, Warner added.
Warner said he's frustrated that Congress hasn't yet enacted cyber breach legislation and states have had to rely on a variety of "Patchwork" laws.
One recommendation Cilluffo said he's personally passionate about is a national cyber victims recovery fund.
Matthew Eggers, vice president for cyber policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said the Chamber is looking for legislation that supports businesses and "government doers," the people operating and protecting networks.
The long-term benefit is "We're never going to firewall our way out of this problem alone. We've been blaming the victim for so long we need to split the equation on cost and consequence on bad cyber behavior, and the way to do that is to ensure our own national interests but others as well."