The National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 was introduced Wednesday. The bill would bolster cybersecurity in the nation’s 16 critical infrastructure sectors and the federal government. It would prohibit new regulatory authority at the Department of Homeland Security. The proposal also says the act would be “budget neutral” The bill is a good first step, but it falls short as it provides support for information and knowledge sharing, a security expert says. It will take “something like an equivalent TMI 2 disaster before the act will go far enough to encourage fruitful and effective knowledge and information sharing,” he says.”]

