A provision included in the House and Senate conference version of the fiscal 2013 national defense authorization act would require defense contractors to report data breaches to the Pentagon, FierceGovernmentIT reports. The defense secretary would assign a senior official to designate which contracts and networks would come under the reporting requirement, the report states. The bill, made public December 18, includes language similar to the original Senate proposal in prohibiting dissemination of information obtained via data breach disclosures without contractor approval. Critics say, however, that contractors may feel pressured to give consent for such information sharing. The bill would not cover Internet service providers or telecommunications companies except in certain cases.
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