Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, cybersecurity threats represent one of the most serious national security and economic challenges we face as a Nation. Whether it's criminal hackers, organized crime, terrorist networks or national states, our Nation is under siege from dangerous cybersecurity threats that grow daily in frequency and sophistication. {time} 1840 It is critical that the Federal Government address cybersecurity threats in a manner that keeps pace with the Nation's growing dependence on technology. The President himself recently stated: ``Cybersecurity is a challenge that we as a government or as a country are not adequately prepared to counter.'' Madam Speaker, it is essential that we, in fact, change that here today. Current law does not adequately address the nature of today's cybersecurity threats. Since the enactment in 2002 of the Federal Information Security Management Act, or FISMA, it has become a check-the-box compliance activity that all too often has little to do with minimizing security threats, and yet the Government Accountability Office recently found that security incidents among 24 key agencies increased more than 650 percent during the last 5 years. To address the rising challenge posed by cyberthreats, Ranking Member Cummings and I introduced H.R. 4257, the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012.…”