HEARD ON THE HILL
Congress Holds Hearings on Preventing Data Breaches
In the aftermath of recent data breaches, the Senate Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on National Security
and International Trade and Finance, the Senate Judiciary
Committee, and the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade conducted a series of hearings
to examine potential solutions to prevent data breaches in the
public and private sector.
Members of Congress and witnesses present at these hearings
considered various tools to help prevent data breaches or otherwise
respond to data breaches, including the expansion of the Federal
Trade Commission's ("FTC") authority to regulate and
enforce data security and breach notification measures and
increased penalties on companies that knowingly conceal a breach.
During and after these hearings, several members of Congress have
announced
