WASHINGTON — Cybersecurity experts have implored Congress for years to act as criminal hackers and sophisticated intelligence operatives attacked computer networks at schools, local governments, critical infrastructure and federal agencies.
Lawmakers and the federal government needed not only a far greater understanding of attacks and threats but also to help local governments and school districts beef up defenses.
Washington has in the past six months finally begun to respond, passing a handful of bills to address cybersecurity that are waiting to be signed into law. A few more are in the pipeline.
