Although it appeared as if another year would go by without any action on cyber security legislation, President Obama may turn to an executive order to implement new policy.
Senate Republicans on Thursday defeated a bill that would have asked critical infrastructure operators to meet voluntary cyber security standards. Some Democrats also disagreed with the measure, saying it didn't go far enough to protect privacy.
Consensus needs to be developed around how critical infrastructure is defined, says Mark Clancy, managing director and CISO for The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.
Sensing that the now-revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 has a chance at passing in the Senate, a number of senators are rushing to include amendments, which includes added privacy provisions and a federal breach notification clause.
SC Magazine catches up with Marcia Hofmann, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who provides some legal guidance for researchers in the industry.
There's plenty of new technology now available to address the privacy concerns of web tracking, but there are also ways to evade these controls in order to follow the digital footsteps of internet users.
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