INTERIM. Lege TREND: National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges. 3 Bits Informed Intel.

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Data security and new government agency leadership posts and new agencies go hand in hand. 

Pending federal legislation would create the National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges.

Here’s the info you need abou the National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges:

  • its bipartisan: Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) & House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Tex.)
  • required new agency report detailing:
    • benefits of encryption in protecting privacy and civil liberties
    • costs of weakening encryption
    • versus
    • impact on criminal investigations and counterterrorism
  • 16 members chosen equally between House and Senate, majority and minority parties

Multichannel News | Encryption Commission Legislation Introduced