Cybersecurity Law approved by Congress; US president Barack Obama officially signs bill

It was only recently that the cybersecurity bill was confirmed of soon being approved by President Barack Obama himself. In reality, the said law has been discussed over and over all throughout the past, and for the most notable reasons to account for, the bill is now set to be legalized entirely.

According to WMUR, the cybersecurity bill is one that does need an entirely different approach of thinking, in which all of it are necessary. The said bill is designed to provide companies with legal cover to share valuable data about cyberattacks among each other and with the government as well.

Moreover, the said legislation would protect these companies from the trouble of getting sued for disseminating the said information, such as antitrust claims.

As noted by CNN, one of the premises of the aforementioned bill that was drastically tackled on by the Chamber of Commerce and financial services sector is that cyber attackers have-and most likely still are using the similar, identical methods and techniques consistently on a vast range of prospects.

The permission that would be granted for to the organizations to simply communicate what they see and how they contradict it amongst each other would give them the edge to defend their computer systems successfully and hold an advantage against hackers and the like. US News delivered that there have been some skeptical companies that state of being unable to share information due to the fear of lawsuits.

When the said groups point the blame towards the White House for allowing the measures, New America's Open Technology Institute Policy Counsel Robin Greene was quoted saying, "I think they completely bent over, they went a 180 on their previous positions, and it's really disappointing. I think after Sony [was hacked by the North Koreans] they got to a point that they were sick of trying and decided they would rather get something done rather than do something right."

As of the moment, the congress agrees that this is a bill that could pass the Congress' decision after being prepared on for quite some time. It has been around for about five years, and now that it has succeeded in doing so, the last touch remains on President Obama's hands.

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