Let Us Tell You How We See This Going Down: White House Publishes Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal

On May 12, 2011, the Obama Administration released its legislative proposal concerning cybersecurity. The proposal comes almost two years after the President identified cyber threats and protecting our digital infrastructure as "one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation" in his Cyberspace Policy Review. The Administration's legislative proposal includes a number of proposals to update existing federal cybersecurity laws and regulations in order to protect the Nation against cyber threats. The stated focus of the proposal is to shore up cybersecurity measures to protect the American people, the Nation's critical infrastructure, and the Federal Government's networks and computers while providing a framework for safeguarding individual privacy and civil liberties.