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The article reports on the Protecting Cyber Networks Act, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in April 2015, that aims to lay the ground work for sharing data about known cyberattacks by private companies with federal investigators. Topics discussed include amendment to the bill requiring the review by the Department of Homeland Security of cybersecurity vulnerabilities of the top 10 at-risk U.S. ports, and provision of recommendations for vulnerability mitigation.

The article offers information on the bills passed by the U.S. House to bolster the cybersecurity of the country through monitoring, research and development and information sharing (IS). It examines the requirement for a national intelligence director to promote IS between the private sector and the federal government. It discusses the issuance of guidelines that allows the sharing of classified intelligence.

The article discusses issues with the U.S. Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) as the House of Representatives voted 248 to 168 to pass the bill on April 26, 2012. The bill is reportedly designed to allow more sharing of cybersecurity threat information with government agencies. Petitioners insist that the bill tramples over users' privacy rights as it allows web firms like Google and Facebook to give private users' information to government agencies.

The article reports on the challenges encountered by the House of Representatives in passing the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) due to the veto of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. CISPA, which was introduced by Representatives Mike Rogers and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, is to be legislated by the House leaders on April 23, 2012. The passage of the CISPA bill has been delayed due to the overturning of SOPA by privacy advocates.

The article deals with the optimism being expressed by the top players in the U.S. House and Senate on cybersecurity that 2012 will be the year Congress passes substantial legislation aimed at protecting computer networks of the country from cyberattacks. It mentions a comprehensive cybersecurity bill to be introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in January or February. It also talks about several measures approved by House and Senate panels in 2011.

The article focuses on the reservations expressed by the U.S. House regarding the cybersecurity proposal of President Barack Obama's administration. It informs that the House has stated disagreement to the proposal as it would give more authority to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the private sector and also expressed bipartisan concerns over providing legal immunity to entities that share government's cyber threat data.