SANTA CLARA (KCBS)— Senator Dianne Feinstein is urging Silicon Valley leaders to call their congressional representatives to express their support for her cyber-security bill, which is facing opposition from privacy advocates.
Sen. Feinstein, who is the Senate Intelligence Committee chair, attended this week’s Silicon Valley Leadership Group luncheon and called her Cyber Security Information Sharing Act a first step in protecting the country from cyber attacks.
The legislation passed in July, but has faced significant hurdles getting to the Senate floor.
“It provides legal authority for companies to share cyber-related information with other companies and the government and provides companies with liability protection for that sharing,” Feinstein said.
