Sec. 1513. Report on potential Department of Defense support and assistance for increasing the awareness of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting critical infrastructure
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Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Director, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report that provides recommendations on how the Department of Defense can improve support and assistance to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to increase awareness of cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting information technology and networks supporting critical infrastructure within the United States, including critical infrastructure of the Department and critical infrastructure relating to the defense of the United States.
The report required by subsection
(a)shall— assess and identify areas in which the Department of Defense could provide support or assistance, including through information sharing and voluntary network monitoring programs, to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand or increase technical understanding and awareness of cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting critical infrastructure; identify and assess any legal, policy, organizational, or technical barriers to carrying out paragraph (1); assess and describe any legal or policy changes necessary to enable the Department to carry out paragraph
(1)while preserving privacy and civil liberties; assess and describe the budgetary and other resource effects on the Department of carrying out paragraph (1); and provide a notional time-phased plan, including milestones, to enable the Department to carry out paragraph (1). In this section, the term critical infrastructure has the meaning given such term in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) ).
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Report on potential Department of Defense support and assistance for increasing the awareness of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting critical infrastructure
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-56
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