WASHINGTON—The five chief sponsors of the revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 will discuss the bill, including specific modifications made to original cybersecurity legislation, at a press conference on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at noon in the Senate Radio and TV Gallery.

The co-sponsors are: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca., and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del.

Press conference participants will explain how the Cybersecurity Act addresses the increasing cyber attacks, or immediate threat of attack, from foreign nations, hacktivists, criminals, and terrorists against the nation’s most critical cyber systems.

WHO

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca., and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del.

WHAT

Revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 press conference

WHEN

Tuesday, July 24th at 12:00 p.m.

WHERE

Senate Radio Television Gallery S-325