On the recordJune 16, 2015
I would like to thank the gentleman from South Carolina for his important amendment. There is a limit to how effective a defensive cyber strategy can be because, while we have to defend everything at all times, our adversaries get to attack everywhere and need to be successful only once, so we need to create a more effective deterrent, which this amendment will help further. It would require that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence report to Congress on how we measure cyber attacks so that we can know how best to respond once we are attacked or to communicate in advance how we would respond if we were attacked. Measuring the scale and effects of cyber attacks is no easy task, especially as we must factor in second and third order effects. I want to thank Mr. Wilson for his amendment. I am proud to support it. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 14 printed in House Report 114-155.
