Sheila Jackson Lee: “As a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, I rise in support of H.R. 3510, the ``Department of Homeland…”

“As a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, I rise in support of H.R. 3510, the ``Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Strategy Act of 2015,'' which amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a cybersecurity strategy for the Department of Homeland Security. The strategy must include information on the programs, policies, and activities that are required to successfully execute the full range of the cybersecurity programs, policies, and activities in furtherance of the Department of Homeland Security's mission regarding the National Cybersecurity and Communication Integration Center. The National Cybersecurity and Communication Integration Center addresses cybersecurity risks faced by federal and non-federal entities. In July of this year it was reported that the Office of Personnel Management lost personal information on 21.5 million current and former federal employees and their families. In 2014, the following agencies reported breaches: The State Department revealed that its unclassified email network had been breached in a cyberattack; the U.S. Postal Service reported that 800,000 personnel files were potentially affected by a cyber breach; the Department of Health and Human Services reported cyber intruders had accessed a server used to test code for the healthcare.gov website and installed malicious software; and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency that oversees the U.S.…”