White House Cites Intel Sharing Efforts in NDAA Veto Threat

White House Cites Intel Sharing Efforts in NDAA Veto Threat

The White House is threatening to veto the National Defense Authorization Act if it contains a number of provisions from the House, including those for public-private cyber threat intelligence sharing activities recommended by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.  


Sections of the House bill calling for a cyber threat information collaboration environment (Sec. 1631) and defense industrial base participation in a threat intelligence sharing program (Sec. 1632) “do not adequately reflect the Director of National Intelligence’s statutory responsibility to protect intelligence sources and methods with regard to cybersecurity threat intelligence related to information systems operated by agencies within the Intelligence Community,” reads a statement of administration policy released Tuesday.


The proposals are based on recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and their inclusion was celebrated by commission members such as Rep. Jim Langevin, D-RI. The provisions have bipartisan support and are also included in the Senate’s NDAA. The idea is that they would start to build trust between the public and private sector for greater collaboration in tackling cyber threats.


“We wanted to create this joint collaborative environment where we're going to give them more information, but we're also expecting more in return as well,” Langevin said in an interview with Nextgov.


The Solarium Commission, which included bipartisan members of Congress, the administration and the private sector, was even willing to provide liability protections for certain companies, such as major telecommunications, energy, transportation and water providers deemed “systemically important critical infrastructure,” in exchange for strengthening their defenses. 


“They're going to have to make their systems more secure, they're going to have to work with us more closely to better protect their systems but in exchange for that we're going to give some liability protections ..

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