Roy Blunt: “I thank the Senator from Delaware. He and I have worked on legislation together to protect data security, to have one…”

“I thank the Senator from Delaware. He and I have worked on legislation together to protect data security, to have one standard for notifying people whose information has been accessed by people who shouldn't have it, and we are going to continue to work on that and look for opportunities, whether it is this bill or some other bill, to add that important element to what we are doing here. I come to the floor today, as I am sure many others have, to express support for this bill--for the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act--a bill that gives us tools we don't currently have, and to break down barriers that we do currently have. This is a bill that would allow individuals who see the information they are responsible for being attacked to call others in their same business and say: Here is what is happening to us right now. If you are not seeing it already, you should be looking for it. When they do that, it doesn't violate any competitive sharing of information. What it does is bring everybody into the loop of defense as quickly as possible and allow them to look for help from the government as well. So I express support for this bill. We know that day after day Americans who read, watch, or listen to the news learn of another cyber attack. Some involve attacks of government systems, while others involve the private sector.…”