Lawmakers to restart efforts to revive lapsed cyber intel bill

Federal lawmakers next week are expected to revive efforts to renew lapsed cybersecurity legislation aimed at fostering collaboration between Washington and private-sector companies in chasing down state-sponsored hackers.

“We’re making a hard push,” Rep. Andrew Garbarino, a New York Republican, said about extending the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which provides liability and antitrust protections to companies sharing cyberattack intelligence with the federal government.

Garbarino at a congressional hearing Tuesday said House and Senate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are committed to fully reauthorizing the decade-old legislation, known as CISA, beyond a reprieve passed in November and set to expire at the end of January. Congress failed to approve a long-term extension before last year’s government shutdown in October.

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