Today, Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection & Innovation Subcommittee, along with Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Andrew Gabarino (R-NY), Ranking Member of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection & Innovation Subcommittee introduced the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021. This bipartisan legislation would require the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to establish requirements and procedures for covered critical infrastructure owners and operators to report covered cybersecurity incidents to a new Cyber Incident Review Office, to be established within CISA.
This standalone legislation was also included as a bipartisan amendment to H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on September 23.
“From SolarWinds to Colonial Pipeline, JBS, Kaseya, we have seen one devastating cyberattack after another against our nation’s critical infrastructure. After these attacks, we consistently heard that the Federal government – and CISA in particular – needs better situational awareness about how these attacks are happening so that they can help owners and operators defend their networks, and understand long-term trends in adversary behavior,” said Chairwoman Clarke. “That is why I am introducing this bipartisan legislation to require covered critical ..
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