Jennifer Martin and Calvin Cohen write:
On January 9, the House of Representatives passed the Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act by voice vote. The Act directs the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) to prepare a report describing the policies and procedures that DHS developed to coordinate the cyber vulnerability disclosures. Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA”), DHS is responsible for working with industry to develop DHS policies and procedures for coordinating the disclosure of cyber vulnerabilities.
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