Senator Warner spoke today on the Senate floor advocating for passage of the Cybersecurity Act, which would work to protect U.S. computer networks from cyberattacks.  There have been several high-profile incidents recently, including attacks on websites such as LinkedIn and Yahoo, as well as attempted cyber attacks every day against all sorts of government networks. Senator Warner says the bill is necessary not only to help protect the county’s nuclear and chemical plants, electric grid, and financial systems from cyber attack, but also to prevent the theft of intellectual property from company databases

“We need to do the difficult, bipartisan work this year to gain agreement on a basic framework that can make us safer than we are right now,” Senator Warner said.  “I genuinely worry that our failure to act this year means that when—not if—we are hit by a major cyber-attack, the size, scope and cost will be greater than if we were better prepared.”