From: FEDweek
The House has passed the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014, codifying DHS’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center – NCCIC, as the federal civilian information sharing interface to provide shared situational awareness to enable real-time, integrated, and operational actions across the federal government. The NCCIC also will be charged with sharing cyber threat information among federal, state, and local government entities, information sharing and analysis centers – ISACs, private entities, and critical infrastructure owners and operators that have information sharing relationships, according to a bill summary. The bill is similar to legislation passed by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in June (The NationalCybersecurity and Communications Integration Center – NCCIC, Act of 2014). With bi-partisan support (the House bill is sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Bennie Thompson, D-La.,), it appears poised to move forward.
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