{"id":31572,"date":"2019-06-12T20:37:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T20:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/12\/congress-wants-to-create-cyber-first-responders\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:15:47","slug":"congress-wants-to-create-cyber-first-responders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/06\/12\/congress-wants-to-create-cyber-first-responders\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress wants to create \u2018cyber first responders\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

House lawmakers passed a bill June 10 that would require the establishment of permanent \u201ccyber incident teams\u201d to help protect both federal agencies and the private sector from cyberattacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Homeland Security Cyber Incident Response Teams Act would create permanent teams of cybersecurity specialists within DHS that the government and industry could call on to help them recover from network breaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen cyberattacks occur, immediate expertise is needed to mitigate damage and ensure organizations are restored,\u201d the bill\u2019s primary sponsor Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said. \u201cCyber incident response teams provide that expertise and function as our cyber first responders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t