Federal System Incident Response Act of 2020
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Dec 10, 2020)
Federal System Incident Response Act of 2020
This bill requires federal agencies to notify impacted individuals following major or significant cybersecurity incidents, or incidents determined to have involved sensitive personal information.
Each agency must make available information relating to an incident to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Defense, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to help mitigate future incidents.
CISA shall perform continuous monitoring of incidents of federal information systems and produce an annual report. OMB shall develop guidance on what constitutes a major incident.
Each agency must develop training on how to identify and respond to an incident.
What just happenedDec 10, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateDec 10, 2020
- Dec 10, 2020IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Dec 10, 2020IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate