Sen. King speaks at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. (U.S. Navy photo)
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), one of the chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, told reporters on Wednesday he and other lawmakers are drafting legislation that would mandate private sector companies supporting critical infrastructure to notify the government if their network is breached.
"The commission will be recommending a breach notification law applying to critical infrastructure shortly, probably within the month," he said. "There are some tricky issues that have to be worked out, proprietary details, confidentiality, liability issues…We're pretty close. We have legislation drafted and we're continuing to refine it."