INTO THE BREACH: In search of transparency after hacks
Top executives from Microsoft and FireEye on Tuesday urged Congress to create mandatory breach reporting requirements for companies following the massive Russian hack of the federal government that extended to the private sector.
“We need to impose a clear, consistent disclosure obligation on the private sector,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, noting that “silence reigns” when companies are hacked.
FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, whose company was credited with shining an early light on what has become known as the SolarWinds breach, said there should be a way for companies to report breaches with potential national security ramifications without fear of legal retribution.
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“More of the focus needs to go back on the patient, No. 1 . but also get back to more input from the provider level for operational controlling, what works and what doesn t,” he said at the event, sponsored by Consumers for Quality Care.
.@RepLarryBucshon: “we can get the cost of healthcare down, but we have to have the patient at the center of this and they have to have the information necessary” #TheHillPatientshttps://t.co/pNueYMYZyjpic.twitter.com/6gogHZ63tg The Hill Events (@TheHillEvents) February 18, 2021
Bucshon and Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) last month introduced the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act, which would boost information-sharing among states and the federal government, as well as public and private health care providers. The bill has not been taken up yet by the Energy and Commerce Committee.