Lawmakers Drafting IT Security Requirements
"As we dig in, as we learn more, there are areas where I believe the subcommittee will be drafting bills toward the end of this year that will affect the private sector," Putnam told a group of IT vendors and policy-makers at an e-government forum sponsored here by the Business Software Alliance and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The government does not have to actually set technology standards to achieve the goals of securing networks, Putnam said. Instead, it could require public companies to disclose IT security audit results in Securities and Exchange Commission reports, similar to how Y2K security measures were reported.
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