14.02.2013 - 09:54 [ techdirt ]

Cybersecurity Executive Order Actually Respects Some Privacy; So Do We Actually Need CISPA Any More?

Exactly as predicted yesterday, President Obama talked about cybersecurity in last night‘s State of the Union address, including his plan to sign an executive order on cybersecurity. What‘s a bit surprising is that the executive order… is actually pretty reasonable. Unlike some earlier drafts, it appears that the White House actually took the privacy concerns fairly seriously.