House hearing on cyberthreat information sharing initiative offered a sign of hope that legislation could pass Congress this year. House Homeland Security Committee chairman says he sees merit in Obama’s plan. House Republicans and the White House have differed in the past over how an information sharing law should address liability protections and privacy safeguards. The White House maintained the liability protections in the Republican-sponsored legislation were too broad and that privacy safeguards were too weak. But those differences seem to have narrowed at the Feb. 25 House hearing, where an expression of willingness to seek compromise surfaced.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/compromise-on-info-sharing-measure-grows-a-7952