Congress is poised to pass a cybersecurity measure aimed at prompting businesses to share information on online threats, as lawmakers inserted the measure early Wednesday into a broad spending package expected to pass this week. The move came after legislators and the White House reached agreement on the proposal, which removes legal barriers to companies cooperating more closely with the government and each other in fighting online threats. ...
US lawmakers and the White House finally signed off on various issues around the proposed Cyber Security bill yesterday, allowing it to be included within a raft of "must-pass" issues set to be made law by year-end. The bill, which is designed to help companies protect their networks from cyber attacks, was originally scheduled for an August 1 vote in the House, but that date has been pushed back until next year.