Supported by senators from both parties as well as the White House, a long-delayed bill that would ease corporate disclosure of cyberattack information to the government or other parties without fear of legal action advanced in the US Senate on Thursday.Numerous business and industry associations, such as the US Chamber of Commerce, support the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), arguing that it will incentivize corporations and the government to exchange information that might potentially avert well-publicized cyberattacks.However, a number of senators, notably Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, as well as numerous privacy activists fiercely oppose it. A number of significant tech firms have also voiced opposition to the proposal, claiming that it does not go far enough in preventing cyberattacks and fails to protect user privacy.
