Cybersecurity Transparency and the Federal Government

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is missing a key component needed to strengthen America's digital defenses – transparency into what the government itself is doing or not doing to protect its networks from hackers.

A lot is being discussed in Washington about the need to secure our national cyber infrastructure following the massive data breach at the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This week lawmakers are debating the Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA), which could come up for a vote very soon.

In Opinion: Why the ‘cyber bill’ falls short on protecting critical networks, an article in CSM Passcode, Ron Gula, Tenable CEO, discusses CISA and the need for more transparency into the government’s cyberhygiene. While CISA is a good idea, the bill currently only applies to the private sector; it must be strengthened with directives for federal information sharing. The federal government should demonstrate its commitment to cybersecurity by increasing transparency and accountability to the American public.

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