House Appropriations Panel Should Step Up Cyber Oversight, Member Urges

NextGov: The House Appropriations Committee’s homeland security panel should take a far more active role overseeing the Homeland Security Department’s cyber operations this year, according to a report Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., sent to fellow committee members Monday.

The report outlines several key areas the panel should focus on, including the threat of adversary nations stealing U.S. government hacking tools, cyber threats against industrial control systems that manage chemical and gas plants and ways to surge information sharing about cyber threats within industry sectors.

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